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Fascism expert: Italy is next in the European nationalist movement, here is why.

September 21, 2022

Italy will vote for a new national government on September 25. The outcome of the parliamentary elections could have dramatic effects on the country and European Union.  Mabel Berezin is a comparative sociologist at Cornell University whose work explores fascist, nationalist and populist movements in Europe and associated threats to democracy.

International

Despite election loss, Marine Le Pen influence in France to continue

April 25, 2022

Emmanuel Macron will retain the French presidency for another five years after defeating Marine Le Pen by 17 percentage points, but she secured the far right's highest share of the vote yet.

International Reach
International
Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy

No surprises from first round of French election

April 11, 2022

Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election runoff on April 24.

International
Law, Government & Public Policy

In shadow of Ukraine war, EU elections face critical moment

March 31, 2022

Mabel Berezin is a comparative sociologist at Cornell University whose work explores the intersection of political institutions and cultural meanings with an emphasis on challenges to democratic cohesion and solidarity in Europe.

Law and Policy
International

Marine Le Pen to ‘win’ French election, even if she loses

April 7, 2022

The first round of the French Presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, April 10 and the race between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron is growing tighter.

International
Law, Government & Public Policy

Biden’s democracy summit should avoid ‘us vs. them’

December 8, 2021

Cornell University experts from the American Democracy Collaborative, a group of scholars studying democratic backsliding around the world, are available to discuss the democracy summit and its outcomes.

Law and Policy
International

Germany election a ‘spectacular result’ for far-right party

September 27, 2021

A new era in politics has officially begun in Germany.

Law and Policy

Trends favor Le Pen victory, ‘somersaults’ in French politics

June 17, 2021

Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says that current trends favor right-wing leader Marine Le Pen, and victories for her party in regional elections would cause French politics to “do somersaults.”

International
Law and Policy

Biden’s inaugural ‘theater of unity’ offers rebuke to violence

January 19, 2021

Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says that President-elect Biden’s inauguration ‘theater of unity’ will be more powerful than the violence of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Law and Policy

Electoral vote will be certified, but violence is inevitable

January 4, 2021

Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on international populism and fascism, weighs in on the threats to democracy presented by President Trump and his allies as the November 2020 is certified this week.

Law and Policy