Aporias in Greece and Spain’s Left-Wing Inclusionary Populism

Populism has gained new momentum in Southern Europe during the financial crisis. Germany’s role as top creditor fueled anger toward traditional political elites Greece, whereas Podemos exploited same crisis Spain to “generate discursively a popular identity that [could] be politicized.” Drawing upon Derrida’s aporetic notion of hospitality, article argues left-wing populism Greece and projects an antagonistic Other. This Other, both threatening welcomed at home people, oscillates ambiguously between images EU corrupted national elites. To support this argument, our narrative proceeds with comparative discourse analysis, looking speeches leaders run-up elections two countries.