Foreign Affairs committee  I'd like to thank the member for throwing me these softball questions. I would say that liberal democracy lives off a very clear separation of powers and it lives off independent institutions, including in particular independent prosecutorial services that are not subject to g

Foreign Affairs committee  Is this question for me?

Foreign Affairs committee  One good point is that there's no bright line between when elections are free and fair and when they are not. What we've seen in Hungary is the slow corrosion of the democratic system, so it's very difficult to know at which point elections were no longer free and fair. The 2014

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not going to say anything else to this committee. I do believe that, of course. I do think it's important for it to do two things at the same time. First, emphasize and ensure that everybody has the same opportunities, irrespective of origin and skin colour. I also think it

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a very pessimistic answer. Unfortunately, Dr. Mudde may be right, but certainly they would not, under any circumstances, fulfill the criteria by which, in theory, the EU would decide that.

Foreign Affairs committee  I had the opportunity, in response to a question by another member, to say a bit about my conception of patriotism and nationalism. It's interesting to think it through in the Canadian context. I think there's one important difference between Canada and the United States on the o

Foreign Affairs committee  This is a very important question. In recent years, there has been a big debate in Canada, the United States and Europe over whether populism was tied strictly to the economy or whether it was also caused by identity, immigration or perhaps social networks. I think it is all thr

Foreign Affairs committee  That's an important question. To put it into context a little bit, I grew up Jewish in Germany and certainly a defensive nationalism or even patriotism did not come naturally to me, as you can imagine in that situation. As I was growing up, I had the hope that we could overcome

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. That's obviously an important question. I think there are a lot of ideological similarities. Again, I think the main driving force of how to understand populism is just the anti-establishment element, which basically delegitimizes anybody who disagrees with

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. First of all, I want to apologize for not being able to be in Ottawa in person today. I hope to do so on another occasion. I want to talk about three main points. The first is to just point out that populism is no longer a marginal political forc