Illiberalism in the making. “Vote Yes and we get the judiciary out of the way. They are firing squads, execution platoons.” These were the words used yesterday by Giusi Bartolozzi, head of staff to Justice Minister Nordio. (1/3)

Out for @ejprjournal.bsky.social with @lucatomini.bsky.social! With many data, e.g. @vdeminstitute.bsky.social & @demerosiondec.bsky.social, we show comparative patterns of democratic survival related to resistance actions during autocratization episodes in democracies. Here: shorturl.at/gOhba

I commented for POLITICO Europe 🗞️ on European far-right parties pushing ICE-style migration enforcement. Even without explicit Trump links, the same punitive logic is being normalized within European legal frameworks. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Italy. On a mainstream talk show, clashes between protesters and police in Turin. Demonstrators were labelled terrorists. Meloni called for attempted-murder charges. Measures shielding police and allowing 48h detention of protesters without offenses are under discussion. Illiberalism in the making.

Bruxelles folks 👋 Tomorrow I’ll be presenting an overview of my new project on party-based illiberalism. Looking forward to the discussion!

Odd how champions of liberalism endorse illiberal moves that violate international law and state sovereignty

Back in Palermo for Christmas and dreaming of Serie A! 💖🖤⚽️

In her Christmas message, Meloni has attacked those "who say we shouldn't set up nativity scenes in schools since they offend people from other cultures". I have discussed the "rediscovery" of Christmas traditions by radical right parties with Politico: www.politico.eu/article/how-...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨 🇮🇹 Twenty thousand leagues below the Po: 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in the Lega (Nord) Read the new article by @gippone.bsky.social & Sofia Marini here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Italy #Lega #party #career

New Publication out! 🔥 Italy’s right-wing politics has changed dramatically over the past two decades. With @gippone.bsky.social and @leonardo-puleo.bsky.social we started from a basic question: Why has the radical right surged inside Italy’s right coalition? Radicalisation or something different?

Another piece of the illiberal puzzle? Some reflections on Italy’s new constitutional judicial reform: it risks weakening liberal democracy, especially alongside gov attacks on the judiciary, power shifts between PM and Pres of the Republic, and new limits on protest. @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

The Guardian gets it. The real importance of Orban's visit to see Trump was getting financial backing for Orban's tough upcoming election campaign. And all indications are he got it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

Our friend @rrresrobot.bsky.social has finally broken the chains that tied it to evil Elon #farright #radicalright #research

🎤 With @sldelange.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the Dutch election outcome: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

💫Second great news of the day The book “Dissensus over Liberal Democracy: Insights from European Judges” is finally out with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @hartpublishing.bsky.social I’m truly happy to have co-edited this volume with Ramona Coman, Viktor Kazai, and Andrew Bradley. A thread 🧵 1/N

🚀🚀🚀 First time posting here! I’m happy to share that I’ve just started a new FNRS-funded project at ULB (CEVIPOL/IEE): Party-Based Illiberalism in Europe. Over the next three years, I’ll study how illiberal ideas and practices spread across party systems and citizenry. @sciencepoulb.bsky.social