Beitrag zum Thema 4-3 "500 Jahre Reformation" beim 64. Europäischen Wettbewerb von Philine ter Haseborg vom Gymnasium Ohmoor in Hamburg

1. The Truth–
Right-wing
Populism in Europe
Result presentation for the European
Competition
by Philine M. ter Haseborg

2. Structure
• Task
• Defintions of Populism
• Populists across Europe
• Result – Posters
• Theses
• Addressees
• Connection to the motto
• Connection to Luther
• What door would I choose?
• Explanation of Selection: topic / language
• Expected reaction
• Sources

3. Task
“Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door
of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
What theses would you tack nowadays to what
door in Europe?
Justify your selection.”

4. Populism – Spot the difference

5. Some current populists across Europe
Populism is
an issue
across
Europe: it
concerns
many!

6. Results
Idea of the Project
• I edited Right-wing Populists‘ election posters
into stating the Truth rather than populistic
lies
• also reveal what the parties really are / think

7. Posters – Alternative für Deutschland
„Courage to the truth. The Euro
divides Europe.“
„Courage to the truth. The AfD
divides Europe.“
Edited version Original version (Property of AfD)
Keine

8. Posters – Freiheitliche Partei
Österreichs
„At home instead of Islam“„Stupor instead of diversity inside“
Edited version
Original version
(Property of FPÖ)
N
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9. Explanation Poster 1
• AfD‘s message: to make people think Euro is the problem and
reason for all bad
• My message: not the currency, but the AfD is the one that divides
the countries within the European Union
Explanation Poster 2
• FPÖ‘s message: to make people think Muslims are taking Austrian‘s
culture or even home and make Austria Muslim
• My message: the FPÖ‘s idea shows stupidity because immigrants
will not take the Austrian‘s home or culture, but simply enrichen
the country regarding diversity which the FPÖ is trying to eliminate

10. Posters – Front National
„We preserve our identity“„We destroy our identity“
Edited version Original version (Property of FN)

11. Posters - Partij voor de Vrijheid
„‘Turkey can become a member of
the EU‘ Here we draw the line.“
„‘Turkey can become a member of the
EU‘ But we have to be xenophobic.“
Edited version Original version (Property of PvV)

12. Explanation Poster 3
• FN‘s message: they want a purely FRENCH identity
• My message: ‚preserving‘ a purely French identity is not preserving this,
because the French identity is multicultural: to establish a purely French
one, their real identity would be destroyed
Explanation Poster 4
• PvV‘s message: to show how ‚absurd‘ the idea of Turkey joining the EU is
and that they simply do not want this to happen (for no given reason)
• My message: showing that prohibiting Turkey to become a member of the
EU is an act of xenophobia and intolerance (PvV wants to ban the Koran
and close mosques)

13. Theses
1. Populists do not refrain from using lies in order to gain power.
2. Rassists find affirmation within populistic statements.
3. Rising populistic powers break apart the European sense of unity – and
accomplish their goals by fomenting the nations against each other.
4. Populists do not really care about the people – instead of wanting the best
for them they just try to achieve their own ideas.
5. Right-wing Populists do not concord with our European Union values.
6. Diversity in Europe is something we should celebrate, not try to eliminate.
7. Countries that are willing to adapt to our EU values and wanting to join our
Union (EU) should be welcomed to do so.
8. Any country wanting to be part of our Union and adapting to our rights and
laws wanting to join the European Union is an enrichment.

14. Addressees
• Citizens of each party‘s country
• They are the ones that vote so their attention
has to get caught
• Also: educated citizens: will understand the
message of the edited poster

15. „United in Diversity – Europe between
tradition and the modern age“
• Populists try to eliminiate our Unity in Diversity within
Europe
• Populists want Nationalism  not UNITED
• Populists do not tolerate diversity (eg. Ethinicity, culture,
religion)
• Tradition: old way of living in countries
• Modern age: immigration is common  mix of ethnicities,
cultures, religions

16. Why did I choose this topic?
• Art project: similar  populism
• Populism: right wing parties  popularity
• Populism: present across whole Europe and in different countries
 we are moving away from each other
Why did I choose this language?
• Theses in English: universial language (spoken by all four countries)
• Posters in each language: the citizens are the voters (adressees) 
ensures understanding
• Original posters: in original language  looks real

17. In relation to Luther
• 95 theses: Luther criticized mainly the Church
• Church had power, biggest influence back then
• Luther: did not want Church to be
divided  wanted to change things
• Nowadays: politics rule our lives
• My theses: criticising power today
• I do not want to completely criticise
politics or advertisement; simply the
way populists go about it

18. What door would I tack it to?
• I would attach my posters to: advertising column, side of big building, poster
stands
• usual location of posters
• posters would appear real
• Huge audience
• (on advertising column and poster stands the posters also easy to attach by
myself)
• To have a direct comparison I would hang up both versions of the poster next to
each other and add a thesis from my list as a subtitle
• Internet
• Would get attention easily
• However posters could „get lost“ in the amount of posted information
• (An addition could be a radio or TV spot)

19. What reaction can be expected?
• People that criticise Populism: agreeing to
posters, posting photos online  public
attention
• edited posters maybe not noticed (lack of
focus, do not stand out  ‚blend in‘ with the
real ones  seem realistic /
changes of text are too small)

20. Sources
Definitions:
• http://www.thefreedictionary.com/populism
• http://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/uebersetzung/litfa%C3%9Fs%C3%A4ule.html
• Europe map: http://www.digitale-europakarte.de/europakarte.png
Politicians:
• http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/from-marne-le-pen-to-paul-nuttall-the-new-wave-of-populist-politicians-you-need-to-know-about-a3413326.html
• http://media.breitbart.com/media/2016/02/Screen-Shot-2016-02-25-at-10.40.01-640x480.png
• http://i.huffpost.com/gen/3858770/thumbs/o-FRAUKE-PETRY-570.jpg
• http://orig09.deviantart.net/0911/f/2016/240/9/3/new_facebook_reactions_by_alicecoaja-daflv5q.png
• https://www.euractiv.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/05/fasc.png
• http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wsoa5jfzIOQ/UWgNOFE1KII/AAAAAAAAAE4/deeLBtgOypA/s1600/Schriftrolle.gif
• http://www.meistertricks.de/img/Meister/luther.png
• https://img.clipartfest.com/7d93c7b3e0b5e5f8743730102d8d471f_11054-red-curtain-curtain-red-curtain-clipart-png_1400-915.jpeg
• http://www.pngall.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Speech-Bubble-PNG-Clipart.png
• http://www.wissensschule.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/EW-Logo-neu1.png
• https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article157993114/Populismus-das-bloedeste-Schimpfwort-ueberhaupt.html
• http://medienservicestelle.at/migration_bewegt/2016/06/06/rund-600-000-musliminnen-in-oesterreich/
Politicians
• http://static0.trouw.nl/static/photo/2011/12/6/2/20111229095118/media_xl_1057457.jpg
• http://static2.heute.at/storage/scl/bilder/news/politik/1179537_m3w620h372q75s1v15565_20151013_pk_strache_07.jpg?version=1447104222
• http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/AfD+Holds+Federal+Congress+St0TjpESmIpl.jpg
• https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/Marine_le_pen_CREDITFrederic-Legrand-COMEO_Shutterstock.jpg
Flags
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Germany_(3-2_aspect_ratio).svg/2000px-Flag_of_Germany_(3-2_aspect_ratio).svg.png
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/2000px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/2000px-Flag_of_France.svg.png
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/2000px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png
Original posters
• http://chihiro.blox.pl/resource/daham_statt_islam.jpg
• http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/87/74/95/20151127/ob_aa8a66_aff-60x80-ruralite-1.jpg
• https://www.hdg.de/lemo/img_hd/bestand/objekte/globalisierung/afd_plakat_LEMO_8_006.jpg
• http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/81302/1065782/pvv_02.jpg
I do not own any of the used original material used to create my project or the presentation, if no source is provide this merely is due to a mistake.
Thank you for your attention!