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Populist parties have tripled their electoral base over the past twenty years and are now trusted by one in four Europeans, the Guardian says in a survey of 31 countries ahead of the European elections, in collaboration with 30 political scientists.

Populism is an effective tool when a party is in the opposition but an ineffective one when a party is in power, New Democracy (ND)leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday during a lecture titled “The future of Democracy” at Harvard.