Sweden is only the latest example. With the beginning of the refugee crisis have increased in almost all elections in Europe, right-wing parties. Some of them are even involved in the governments. An Overview.
Italy
His Swedish attitude of Italy had wished enjoyed interior Minister Matteo Salvini “all the best” for the election. In Italy the Lega Nord party is politically much more than the Sweden Democrats. Although the Lega was at the election in March of this year, only the third strongest force, but could occur in June as a Junior partner in a coalition with the populist Five-star movement under the non-party Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. But since then, Salvini dominated the political stage with a broadside against the EU and immigrants, so much so that he is sometimes mistaken for the head of government. Salvini abused refugees as a “human flesh”, prohibits sometimes rescue ships Mooring in Italian ports, and tried to blackmail the EU with the refugee issue.
Matteo Salvini feels in his rejection of Merkel’s refugee policy
His inflammatory language and xenophobic policy. About a hundred days after the inauguration of the coalition, the Lega is in the polls with over 30 percent at the top. In the election, they had come to just 17 percent. The Five-star movement, on the other hand falters. Direction, Merkel said Salvini in a recent DW Interview, you’ve underestimated “the risk of social conflicts, as they claimed, there would be space for hundreds of thousands of these people in Germany”.
Austria
The Freedom party in Austria have already had a long political experience. Already in 1999, the FPÖ had become a national election, becoming the second strongest party and formed a coalition with the conservative ÖVP. The same Alliance rules now since December of last year, under the ÖVP-Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz. FPÖ Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has to deal with, but in Austria, hardly a tough asylum policy.
“The asylum problem is not yet solved long” – Austria’s Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache
Because, in Short, is self-moved far to the right and doing everything it can to refugees from Austria. The FPÖ is still a step. Minister of the interior, Herbert Kickl want to concentrated asylum seekers “” a place to keep what has led to the reproach of a NS language. Individual FPÖ-politicians are looking to be close to the burschenschaft learning with connection to extreme right-wing ideas. The FPÖ maintains a close connection to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Putin visited a few weeks ago, the wedding of the FPÖ-Minister for foreign Affairs Karin Kneissl.
Germany
In the Bundestag election in September 2017, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) reached 12.6 percent of the votes and since then, with 94 Seats, the third largest party in the Bundestag and the largest opposition party. And their popularity continues to grow. In surveys it comes in the Moment to around 15 per cent, and is sometimes even ahead of the SPD, the CDU/CSU is performing, as well as in surveys regularly worse than in the election. In the most recent ARD”Germany trend” set by the AfD in the Eastern länder, even at the top of all parties. Then now, 27 percent of East Germans would vote for the AfD, the CDU came to only 24 percent.
The AfD is currently, especially in the Eastern länder in the polls on peak values
Even if many politicians of other parties and political scientist is the Alternative for Germany attest to an increasing proximity to the right-wing extremism and observation by the constitutional protection, has not harmed the party, apparently. Next, the AfD in the Landtag elections in Bavaria on 14 may. and in the state of Hesse on January 28. October in the last of the German country days feeding, where it was previously not represented. The AfD benefited especially from the fact that many voters start liberal refugee policy of Angela Merkel to reject rigorously.
France
As Marine Le Pen from the National Front in may 2017 in the second round of the presidential election against Emmanuel Macron took, it seemed to many observers at this election, nothing less than the future of Europe. The Europe friend Macron won but, after all, clear with a 66 to 34 percent. Since then, Le Pen, if not the party itself is at least as written down. Marine Le Pen was recently a change of name in the National collection of movement. But many party supporters are just waiting for that Le pen’s niece, Marion takes on Maréchal, the rudder and hope with her on a climb.
The new bearer of hope of the Right in France: Marion Maréchal
Anyway, xenophobia in France and Europe, skepticism long been socially acceptable: In the presidential election, there was next to Le Pen and other candidates, who have grumbled either on immigrants or on Europe, or on both. And the star of Macron seems already to fade. May be the up-and-comer stopped by 2017, the populist wave is only temporary.
Netherlands
Before the Parliament election in the Netherlands in March 2017, the great Trembling among the established parties and in the whole of Europe, as well, the party for freedom (PVV) of the right-wing populist Geert Wilders would be cut off. A victory was, however, the PVV ended up with 13 percent, just two of the highly fragmented nature of the Dutch party system, while the social Democrats were almost wiped out. As in Sweden, with the Sweden Democrats also wanted to work in the Netherlands, no one with the PVV. After lengthy coalition negotiations, a complicated middle was-Right Alliance. But Wilders dominates with its negative attitude to immigration and to Islam continues to be the political Agenda.
Piano, Latin, elegant suits: right-winger Thierry Baudet speaks to more the educated middle class
In addition, a second law showed up with Thierry Baudets Forum for democracy, in the meantime, the outside party in the political landscape, which is almost identical in its objectives and in the polls temporarily in front of the PVV. In contrast to Wilders Baudet is nice mentally – he plays the piano and speaks Latin – and addresses it successfully to the educated middle class. The respective vote shares should add up rather than cancel each other out.