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Queen Mary Global Policy Institute

Europe's populists will try to exploit coronavirus. We can stop them

If the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling any political hope, it is that this crisis is a robust nail in the coffin of populist politics. Surely, some argue, in the face of an entirely indiscriminate, unforeseen and formidable plague, for which no one can be blamed (unlike, say, greedy bankers and unscrupulous lenders in the global financial crisis, or the terrorists of 9/11) people will turn to the truth, to science and to expert-led government.

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An Italian flag with bands of green, white and red set against a clear blue sky.

 

Read the full opinion piece in The Guardian.

 

 

 

 

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