Government
Meet the Populist Right-Wing Mayors of Europe
Previously governed by mainstream parties since World War II, some cities are now laboratories for small-scale experiments of this radical ideology.
This post is part of a CityLab series on power—the political kind, the stuff inside batteries and gas tanks, and the transformative might of mass movements.
Fiorello H. La Guardia, former mayor of New York, famously said, “There is no Republican or Democratic way to collect garbage.” It’s still a belief of city leaders around the world: that ideology can’t run city government, both because of mayors’ limited powers and their need to produce practical results for their people.