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A surging far right cements its place in Europe
LONDON — If
Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election next month, he will find across the Atlantic a hotbed of political parties that share his rightward mix of authoritarianism, populism and
extreme hostility to immigration.
This is the
rise of the European far right, which reached a high-water mark on Sept. 29 when
Austria’s Freedom Party won the largest share of votes — 28.9 % — in the national election. The FPÖ, as it’s known, was founded by former Nazis and wants to “remigrate” Austrian nationals with migrant roots to create a more “homogenous” society.
This is not a new trend, and its current cycle has been covered by NBC News and others for at least a decade. But the last 12 months have been a bonanza for this former fringe of the political spectrum. There have been
big wins for France’s National Rally, led by
Marine Le Pen, as well as for Dutch
anti-Islam radical Geert Wilders and the neighboring
Alternative for Germany, which is being monitored by Berlin’s own intelligence agency for suspected extremism.
The electoral win in Austria of a populist, anti-immigrant party founded by Nazis was the latest in a string of victories for Europe’s far right.
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