The European Parliament elections that took place last June, recent legislative elections in France and other EU member states, and regional elections in Germany, have led to big gains for far-right parties throughout Europe. In this talk we discuss the recent election results and their implications for democracy in Europe. Will we witness a rightward shift in EU and member state policies, in such policy areas as immigration and the environment? Will the rise of the far right enable it to slow down or even bring to a halt EU policy-making and further integration? Will more member states follow Hungary's path and move away from democracy toward authoritarianism? 

Christophe Crombez is a political economist who specializes in European Union (EU) politics and business-government relations in Europe. His research focuses on EU institutions and their impact on policies, EU institutional reform, lobbying, party politics, and parliamentary government.

Crombez is Senior Research Scholar at The Europe Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University (since 1999). He is also Professor of Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven in Belgium (since 1994). Crombez obtained a B.A. in Applied Economics, Finance, from KU Leuven, and a Ph.D. in Business, Political Economics, from Stanford University.

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