Under Pressure: Political Liberalism, the Rise of Unreasonableness and the Complexity of Containment

Over the past few years, right‐wing populist parties have been attracting more and more supporters across Europe and beyond. For example, in the 2014 European elections, the Front National secured a relative majority in France.1 In June 2015 the coalition including the Dansk Folkeparti won the Danish national elections; with 21.1 percent of votes, the Dansk Folkeparti became the second‐largest party in the country, doubling its support from the prior elections.2 In November 2016, Donald Trump, who conveyed right‐wing populist messages during his presidential campaign, was elected as the forty‐fifth president of the US.