From Hungary to Sweden, through France, Italy and then Germany, the far right is experiencing a major revival on the continent, which analysts considered “a new pattern of transformation in political ideas and opinions that will deepen divisions in European societies.”
According to political analysts’ statements to “Sky News Arabia”, the economic and social crises were a main motive for the European voter to choose the right-wing parties recently, with the increase in debts, the rise in taxes, the increase in unemployment, the influx of immigrants and the emergence of waves of hatred against them, unlike the economic repercussions of the Corona pandemic and the Ukraine war.
Huge gains in Sweden
• In the elections that took place on September 11, the far-right Sweden Democrats made huge gains, becoming the second largest political party in the country and the largest right-wing party in the country.
• The head of the Swedish Conservative Party, Ulf Christerson, was officially assigned to form the government, after the right-wing bloc and the extreme right won the legislative elections to succeed the Social Democrats, Magdalena Andersson.
• The Swedish right has never before taken power with the support of the extreme right, and this was done following a rapprochement initiated by Christerson 3 years ago.
French National Assembly
• The last French presidential elections held in April witnessed a sharp competition between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally party, which opposes the influence of the European Union and immigration.
• Despite Macron winning 58.5 percent of the vote, Le Pen won a significant 41.5 percent, as the National Rally sought to link immigration and terrorism in an attempt to mobilize voters’ support.
Fourth win for “Fides” in Hungary
Last April, the right-wing Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, won the fourth consecutive victory for the “Fidesz” party since 2010.
Orbán accuses leftist movements of conspiring against the West and Hungary, and sometimes resorts to the famous right-wing theory known as the “Great Replacement” in order to advance his arguments, which, according to its supporters, aims to weaken the “white population of the United States and European countries through immigration.”
Italy Fascism
• The forces of the extreme right succeeded in imposing themselves with the success of the “Brothers of Italy” party (Fratelli d’Italia) in the elections last week.
• Thus, for the first time in the country’s history, a woman, Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the party, will head the Italian government.
boom in Germany
• The far-right Alternative for Germany party gained 5 full points in a recently published poll, compared to a poll conducted last April, and the party is leading the popularity race in the important state with 24 percent.
• On the other hand, the ruling Social Democratic Party, “Chancellor Olaf Schulz’s party”, lost 6 full points compared to last April’s polls, ranking second with 24 percent of support rates in the same state.
The secret of ascension
The academic specializing in international affairs, Samir Al-Kashef, says that nationalist ideas have a permanent presence in political affairs within Europe, but that “the large percentages of support that far-right parties have gained is recent, but it is linked to economic conditions that the world has experienced during the past three years, as Far-right parties live to criticize European governments’ programs and economic policies.”
In an interview with “Sky News Arabia”, Al-Kashef added, “The great rise of such parties will deepen differences in European societies between a liberal camp and a conservative camp, which rejects any form of pluralism and aims to preserve the traditional values that define its identity, and this will be reflected in the future of the economy in Europe in particular and the European Union in general.
And regarding the great leap of the AfD in Germany, he considered that “it is not a result of today, but it was the result of a broad internal rejection of the open-door policy that was pursued by former Chancellor Angela Merkel with immigrants and refugees, as her policies led to a remarkable emergence of the AfD, but the recent activity is driven by the results of its counterparts. in Sweden and Italy.
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