ABSTRACT
The European economy relies on two major institutions: The Single Market and the euro. The Single Market was founded in 1986 when the Single Act Treaty was signed. The power of the market imagination is everywhere, especially among the populists themselves. For non-economist researchers, while inequality undoubtedly contributes to populism, the existence of deeper dysfunctions in modern democracies must be considered. What characterises populist movements is that they share a world view based on the opposition between the people and the elite. From this characteristic, it can be deduced that the emergence of neo-populism would be the consequence of growing inequality and economic stagnation of the middle classes. At the end of 2019, throughout the world, many protest zones appeared. The French newspaper Le Monde counted a dozen popular uprisings as of November 8, 2019. It is important to point out that some economic policies implemented by conservative leaders such as Donald Trump are, in fact, extremely far from neoliberalism.
