Perpetuating Crisis as a Supply Strategy: The Role of (Nativist) Populist Governments in EU Policymaking on Refugee Distribution

We still know very little of how populist governments behave as compared to mainstream in Council decision-making. Studying the ‘crucial case’ negotiations around refugee distribution EU, an issue which allows populists mobilize both anti-EU and anti-immigrant sentiment, we demonstrate that differ from ones three important ways: First, they reject formal informal rules decision-making if these are not conducive their preferred outcome; second, traditional means ensuring compromise such package-deals side-payments; third, final solution exploit ensuing deadlock prove EU is weak dysfunctional. show adopt a behaviour even when would benefit adoption policy solution. However, expect engage political games only negative effects non-decisions immediate.