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Latvia Weekly: How Outrage Is Fueling a Populist Surge
The previously fringe Union of New Latvians party is now polling to pass the 5% threshold for Riga’s city council. Its leaders Glorija Grevcova and Rūdolfs Brēmanis are generating social media engagement through content which can be described as “outrage porn.” They are stirring up outrage in their audience using charged and even fake topics to provoke strong emotional reactions. Guess the populist political party which gained the most engagements for its posts on Facebook, TikTok and Telegram? It was not Roslikovs, the leader of Stability! party. It was not Ainārs Šlesers, Trump-like leader of Latvia First party. It was Glorija Grevcova and Rūdolfs Brēmanis from the Union New Latvians.
Weekly Reports
Latvia Weekly: EU membership and national security
In the examined week the predominant themes among the content examined included the national security conception which limits media in the Russian language, the visit by Ursula von der Leyen and the benefits of European Union membership.
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Estonia Weekly: Vote of no confidence
This week most of the posts targeted Tallinn’s politicians, especially after the vote of no confidence and voting.
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Latvia Weekly: Economic ties with Russia
In the examined week, the content, in comparison to prior weeks, was not strictly limited to domestic issues, including such topics as continuing certain economic ties with Russia, the drone attacks by Iran and migration to the European Union.
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Estonia Weekly: Politicians refusal to borrow
This week most of the posts were focused on the economic issues in Estonia, how the current government is unable to govern well.
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Latvia Weekly: Trade and Globalist agendas
In the examined week, the content primarily surrounded issues relating to the continued export and cooperation with Russia and Belarus and other narratives related to COVID-19 and lgbtq issues.
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Estonia Weekly: Economic decline and price increases
This week, most of the posts focused on the economy and taxes saying that the continuous economic decline and price increases are caused by the growing tax prices and new taxes, as well as the politician’s incompetency with knowing how to help the economy that is in crisis.
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Lithuania Weekly: Anniversary of Lithuania’s membership in NATO
Over the past week, Kremlin-affiliated media in Lithuania saw the highest engagement with stories focused on domestic events. Lithuania celebrated a notable 20th anniversary as a NATO member during the reporting period;
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Latvia Weekly: Trade and Globalist agendas
In the examined week, the content primarily surrounded domestic issues concerning trade with Russia and Belarus and corruption within the Latvian government, most notably the alleged wages paid in cash within the leading coalition party Jaunā Vienotība.
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Estonia Weekly: Militarisation of Europe and new taxes
This week’s posters were primarily focused on politics. An official channel posted twice about NATO, stating that after the Cold War, it is now a useless treaty, and after 2022, it has become the reason for the rapid militarisation of Europe;
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