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Far-right political mainstream in Europe

In a political sense, Europe is noticeably moving to the right, and the topic of a right turn has become firmly entrenched in political discourse. Even a superficial analysis of the internal political situation in many countries of the European Union demonstrates a common trend in the South, North, West and East of Europe: far-right parties are experiencing a revival and a noticeable rise.

Moreover, it is not so important what policy they adhere to nostalgic nationalism, populist nationalism, or conservatism with neo-fascist roots. Today, even interest in the upcoming elections in the European Parliament is largely determined by what result the right will get and whether they will be able, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says, to “occupy” Brussels and change the policies of the European Union.

The “fateful nature” of the upcoming elections was pointed out, in particular, by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, who expressed concerns in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian about a possible qualitative change in the composition of the EP parliamentary corps. Both he himself and other representatives of the European leadership openly demonstrate extreme concern about the prospect of a sharp increase in the share of the right of all shades following the results of the elections to the European Parliament, including those Eurosceptics who dream of destroying the European Union – this time from within.

In this paper, Ascolta studies the political situation in the European Union and also studies electoral sentiment ahead of the elections to the European Parliament, which will take place in early June and have a high chance of demonstrating a significant strengthening of right and far-right political forces.

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In a political sense, Europe is noticeably moving to the right, and the topic of a right turn has become firmly entrenched in political discourse. Even a superficial analysis of the internal political situation in many countries of the European Union demonstrates a common trend in the South, North, West and East of Europe: far-right parties are experiencing a revival and a noticeable rise.

Moreover, it is not so important what policy they adhere to nostalgic nationalism, populist nationalism, or conservatism with neo-fascist roots. Today, even interest in the upcoming elections in the European Parliament is largely determined by what result the right will get and whether they will be able, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says, to “occupy” Brussels and change the policies of the European Union.

The “fateful nature” of the upcoming elections was pointed out, in particular, by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, who expressed concerns in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian about a possible qualitative change in the composition of the EP parliamentary corps. Both he himself and other representatives of the European leadership openly demonstrate extreme concern about the prospect of a sharp increase in the share of the right of all shades following the results of the elections to the European Parliament, including those Eurosceptics who dream of destroying the European Union – this time from within.

In this paper, Ascolta studies the political situation in the European Union and also studies electoral sentiment ahead of the elections to the European Parliament, which will take place in early June and have a high chance of demonstrating a significant strengthening of right and far-right political forces.

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