Despite the fact that nationalist parties will not exercise power, their great success will cause a political upheaval equivalent to that caused by the election of Trump in the US in 2016, reports Politico.
Far-right German politician Oliver Kirchner has given supporters of his AfD party a curious piece of advice about the next big trend: “Invest in diapers.”
The explanation? The rise of the far-right AfD had shaken the “old parties” so much, he explained, that the establishment was now “dirtying its pants”.
Childish humor aside, Kirchner, one of the AfD’s spokesmen, then got tougher, saying it was time for the old parties to get what they deserved “for what they have done in this country, what , what they have done to the citizens and what they have done to the people”.
In Europe the far right is on the rise and this week’s European elections will reveal just how much.
At FranceMarine Le Pen appears to be taking a third of the vote, leaving Emmanuel Macron’s party far behind.
At Germanydespite a series of scandals, the AfD is heading for second place, ahead of every partner in Chancellor Olaf Solz’s governing coalition.
In ItalyPrime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing “Brothers of Italy” party is moving well ahead of the chasing pack.
With similar results expected in many of the European Union’s smaller countries, the next European Parliament is predicted to have more far-right members than the historically dominant force, the main conservative European People’s Party.
In a continent that prides itself on having put the ghosts of Hitler, Mussolini and Franco behind it, the rise of the far right is a shock.
Despite the fact that Europe’s nationalist parties will not exercise power, their great success will nevertheless cause a political upheaval equivalent to that caused by the election of Donald Trump in the US in 2016.
The results in the European Parliament, moreover, serve as a barometer of where national politics is headed in some of Europe’s most critical capitals.
Five years ago, the “green wave” in the 2019 European elections prompted the continent’s leaders to begin an economic restructuring aimed at climate neutrality by 2050.
This year, the current is going in the opposite direction.
The electoral appeal of nationalist parties, which once seemed too toxic to work with, will bring European leaders to the realization that the Far Right is no longer on the doorstep, it is inside the palace and can no longer be ignored.
Source :Skai
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