The “Fondation pour l’innovation politique” (Fondapol) has been contributing to pluralist thought and a revival of public debate since its founding in 2004. We believe our democracy must increasingly rely on individual responsibility rather than government control. We are therefore determined to promote...
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In Poland, the right has a significant political advantage: its history is inextricably linked with the history of the struggle against the communist regime, and the democratic transition. Today, the right dominates Poland’s political scene and mobilizes around three quarters of the electorate. Since...
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At the beginning of 2010, Sweden and Denmark were governed by centre-right coalitions. Considering that the Scandinavian countries are often seen as a bastion of social democracy, this may appear surprising, but liberal and conservative parties have always played an important role in the politics of...
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In the history of Republican Italy, reference to rightwing politics and parties, in opposition to those of the left, has only been made since 1994. Earlier use of the explicit distinction between the right and the left, seen as rival political forces, was limited to the years 1861-1876, the first 15...
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After two dramatic years for the banking sector, in particular after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in September 2008, 2009 signs an alt. The worst seems to have been avoided and the financial and banking sector is slowly recovering from one the major crisis since the Great Depression. The epicenter...
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In this Study, the author, Christophe de Voogd, a history lecturer at Sciences Po, offers an in-depth analysis of Dutch society – long viewed as open, supportive and confident, but currently in the throes of a deep malaise marked by a crisis of government and questions over the integration of Islamic...
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This article is the first in a series that Fondapol plans to publish on the right in Europe over the coming months. We will be looking at a total of ten European countries. Fondapol few weeks ahead of the British general election, Fondapol has devoted its first article to Great Britain.
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This document proposes to include in 2010 a balanced-budget rule in the French Constitution and in the LOLF (
Loi Organique relative aux Lois de Finances, the quasi-constitutional framework that governs the French national budget process). The rule is inspired by that adopted by Germany in...
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In the eyes of the world: mobiles, Iran and video
Six months after the Iranian elections and the subsequent protests, Laurence Allard and Olivier Blondeau take a fresh look at the use of mobiles and video on the internet in the mobilisation around these events and the associated media... Lire la suite
The 2009 European Elections Confirmed the Supremacy of the Right in the EU
Coinciding with José Manuel Barroso's re-election at the head of the European Commission, the Fondation pour l'Innovation Politique offers an analysis of the June 2009 European election results, by Corinne Deloy and Dominique...
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