Sazetak

Abstract:

The appearance of right-wing populist actors in recent years in Europe has also impacted the creation of a new political and social reality. That reality could be also described as a new „normality“ which is partially the result of the changed rhetorics in the public, of which an essential part is also hate speech, that can contribute to the rise of criminal acts because hate speech contributes to the creation of an ambience that helps the development of such events. Although the crises are fertile ground for the appearance for extremist ideologies, these parties are not new. The acceptance of the populist ideas among citizens indicates that there was a crisis of democracy that existed before crises.

Key words: right-wing populism; the crisis of democracy; hate speech; new political reality