Ideological affinity or political opportunism? Pro-Russian attitudes of euopeans political parties of the populist right. The Case of League and the Freedom Party of Austria in 2014-2019
Journal: Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature)
Year: 2022

The aim of the bachelor thesis was to find out what reasons led the European right-wing populist parties to articulate their pro-Russian attitudes in the political and media environment after the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.Based on two case studies, the paper analyzes pro-Russian attitudes of the European parties: Italian Lega,( English: League) and Austrian Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ,( English: The Freedom Party of Austria) between 2014 and 2019 in the European Parliament a