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illiberalwinds
fromtheEast
bartoszrydliński
Whiledemocracyandliberalismoferasenseof
relativepoliticalliberty,theydonotguarantee
economicfreedom.Tisisthekeyproblemthathas
beenexperiencedinCentralandEasternEurope.
Wehaverecentlywitnessedanumberofspectacularelectoralvictoriesofil-
liberalparties,especiallyinCentralEurope.ViktorOrbáninHungary,RobertFico
inSlovakia,JarosławKaczyńskiinPolandandMilošZemanintheCzechRepublic
areallscepticalofliberaldemocracyanditsrules.Similartendenciesareseenin
otherpartsofEurope.Forexample,theUnitedKingdomIndependenceParty,the
FreedomPartyofAustria,France’sFrontNationalandtheAlternativeforGermany
(AlternativefürDeutschland–AfD)areallexamplesofilliberalmovementsthat
havegainedpopularityintheWest.Clearly,therecentvictoryofDonaldTrump
intheUnitedStatesandtheearlyexecutiveordersofhisadministrationprovide
furtherevidencethatweindeedhaveaproblemwithdemocracyworldwide.
Theoriginalsin
AnanalysisoftheriseofpopulisminthecountriesoftheformerEasternbloc
shouldincludethecontextinwhichliberaldemocracyandfreemarketeconomy
wereintroducedintotheregion.Teconsequencesofthedemocraticrevolutions
inCentralEuropeduringthe1989-1990FallofNationswerenotonlythecol-
lapseofauthoritarianregimesbutalsotheirsocialwelfare.Poles,Czechs,Slovaks,
HungariansandEastGermansdidnotwanttoberuledbytheudictatorshipofthe
