The gains for “far-right” parties may not change European Union policies much, but they’re likely to affect politically responsible national leaders.
parliament. Lest you wonder why you should dread gains by the “far right,” the lead sentence of the article notes that the EU has “roots in the defeat of Nazi Germany and fascistSo is fascist dictatorship on the rise in Europe once again? No, and for multiple reasons.
Third, and most important, the “far-right” parties don’t stand for anything like Hitler’s Nazis or Mussolini’s Fascists. Even the Brothers of Italy party, which has historical roots in the latter, is now solidly committed to constitutional democracy. Its leader Giorgia Meloni has been prime minister since October 2022, and it’s no more totalitarian than Italy’s center-left Democrats, which has historical roots in the Communist party.
Academics and journalists, puzzled that modest-income voters don’t demand economic redistribution, tend to ascribe unease about immigration to racism or “status anxiety.” Allegedly bigoted voters just don’t like dark-skinned people or fear losing their “white privilege.”
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