Title: What is populism, and what does the term actually mean? - BBC News
Headings: What is populism, and what does the term actually mean?
What is populism, and what does the term actually mean?
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The pure people
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'I am the people'

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Rise of the Right
Populist parties can be anywhere on the political spectrum. In Latin America, there was Venezuela's late President Chávez. In Spain, there is the Podemos party, and in Greece the label has also been applied to Syriza. All these are on the left. But "most successful populists today are on the right, particularly the radical right," Prof Mudde said. Politicians "like Marine Le Pen in France, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, and Donald Trump in the US, combine populism with [anti-immigrant] nativism and authoritarianism," he added. image copyright
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In Italy, supporters of the populist Five Star movement brandish letters spelling out their government ambitions
Commentators - from Time magazine to the President of the European Commission - have been warning about the rise of right-wing populism for years. But in reality, it's nothing new. "Political scientists have been catching on to this for the last 25-30 years," Dr Moffitt says - but admits "there's been an acceleration."