Views from the capitals: How to constrain populism in Germany
What can Germany learn about dealing with populist parties from other European countries’ experience?
Experts & Staff
Mathilde Ciulla
ECFR Alumni · Programme Coordinator, ECFR Paris
Languages
French, Italian, English
Biography
Mathilde Ciulla was the programme coordinator of the Paris office of the European Council on Foreign Relations until October 2022.
Mathilde re-joined the Paris office in November 2019 after working for the foreign policy team at the British embassy in Paris. She is also the literary editor for the “Untitled Mag”.
She graduated from La Sorbonne Nouvelle in International Relations, with a focus on European Studies, European politics and Political Science. She was the editor of the student magazine, Eurosorbonne.
In the media
Let us remember that one of the goals set by the victorious Macron in 2017 was the elimination of the far right – it is evident today that it did not work
Mathilde Ciulla argues that despite Macron’s victory in the presidential election, he still faces the growing far-right populous in France
Now, Marine Le Pen is not advocating to leave the EU, because she saw the French are actually attached to it,
Mathilde Ciulla comments on strategic changes we can expect from Le Pen following her defeat in the French Presidential Election
Mathilde Ciulla clarifies the foreign policy implications of Macron’s re-election
Mathilde Ciulla reflects on the French presidential election and what a Macron victory means for European foreign policy
The biggest weapon that EU has currently is the sanctions, and she [Le Pen] would diminish the unity of EU on sanctions, and capacity of actions of the EU in that regard
Mathilde Ciulla argues that a Le Pen presidency would damage the EU’s potential in aiding Ukraine from Russia’s attack