During the election season, politicians are prone to populism: they promise to lower gas tariffs, reduce retirement age and ensure state-guaranteed employment for all citizens. The survey by Kantar TNS and Centre for Economic Strategy (CES) shows that ordinary Ukrainians are also susceptible to populism: about 84% of citizens support populist policies. Here, however, we use three examples to show that people can be persuaded to change their mind and support a more reasonable policy instead.
VoxUkraine: Populism is not deady in Ukraine
Lawmakers of the 21-member Radical Party's faction, including its leader Oleh Lyashko, speak against President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's bill to change the electoral system at the parliament meeting on May 22, 2019.
