Now give us our own referendum: how Brexit could energise Europe’s insurgent parties

The Brexit vote could be an early sign of a European political tsunami, as upstart “insurgent” political parties across the continent use referendums as their weapon of choice to challenge the traditional political elites, write Suzi Dennison and Dina Pardijs. Their research for the European Council on Foreign Relations found that these parties are calling for a total of 34 popular referendums on subjects from their country’s membership to the EU to specific policy issues such as refugee relocation quotas. They surveyed the foreign policy positions of the insurgent parties, including their attitudes to Putin, Trump, the war in Syria and the migrant crisis.