Studies have highlighted differences between right-wing populism in Western and Central Eastern Europe but suggested that discourses have been converging since the so-called “refugee crisis” in 2015. This article examines this claim by focusing on right-wing populist frames and affective communication on migration in Austria and Slovenia. Taking a communication-centred approach, the study is based on a critical frame analysis of 70 speeches from far-right to centre-right parties in parliamentary debates on migration between 2015 and 2019. The results show that right-wing populist discourses in the two adjacent countries have aligned in appealing to affects, particularly to fear and in framing migration as a threat to security and culture. Despite differences in mobilizing affects, the findings indicate a mutual alignment of right-wing populism beyond borders, signalling a potential risk of a broader right-wing populist bloc unified by fear of migration.

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无国界的恐惧？

研究强调了西欧和中东欧右翼民粹主义之间的差异，但表明自 2015 年所谓的“难民危机”以来，话语一直在趋同。本文通过关注右翼民粹主义框架和情感交流来检验这一主张关于奥地利和斯洛文尼亚的移民问题。该研究采用以传播为中心的方法，对 2015 年至 2019 年议会移民辩论中极右翼到中右翼政党的 70 场演讲进行了关键框架分析。结果显示，两党中的右翼民粹主义话语邻国一致呼吁影响，特别是恐惧，并将移徙视为对安全和文化的威胁。尽管动员影响存在差异，但调查结果表明，右翼民粹主义超越国界，相互结盟，这表明存在因对移民的恐惧而联合起来的更广泛的右翼民粹主义集团的潜在风险。