AUTHOR:
Kolzov Vitaliy
ABSTRACT:
The article is dedicated to analyzing the essence, features and consequences of anti-system political opposition in the countries of the Visegrad Group. The author found that anti-system opposition is manifested through anti-system political parties and movements in the region. They (mostly as semi-loyal and legal) are placed on the extreme left-wing political and ideo- logical spectrum and are used to express their constant opposition to the mainstream political parties and political process. It was revealed that extreme left and extreme right anti-system parties and movements and thus anti-system political opposition in the Visegrad countries are euro-skeptic, because some of them are in favor of leaving the EU, and some of them want to reform it from the inside. The researcher recorded that all anti-system political parties and movements as oppositional ones are ready to take any new issues to maximize their popularity and influence on political system, but as governmental ones are characterized by a significant loss of incentives to do so. On the basis of this, the author isolated general attributes of anti-system parties and opposition in the countries of the Visegrad Group.
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