Foreign Policy takes on the so called surge of the far Right in European politics.
The fact that anti-immigrant sentiment increases during times of economic distress isn't really shocking news, and it's true that charismatic populists like Wilders have become savvier about courting this resentment while eschewing the crude, overtly fascist overtones of the old European far right. Moreover, the anti-immigrant right is helped by parliamentary system that encourages single-issue parties as well as center-left and center-right parties whose economic platforms have become increasingly indistinguishable.
Hopefully, that's correct. Frankly, I'm a bit less concerned about the far Right being a bit more yelly in Europe right now, than I am about so called centrists legislating what women are allowed to wear.
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