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Check again. The financial crisis started the rise of the right-wing parties. The refugee crisis then exacerbated it. For instance, the German AfD was original
by majewsky 8y ago
Check again. The financial crisis started the rise of the right-wing parties. The refugee crisis then exacerbated it.
For instance, the German AfD was originally a euro-skeptic party lead by some economics professors. It later ousted those leaders and rebranded into a more plainly nationalist party when that became en vogue.
I don't know exactly about other European countries since I'm German, but from what I've seen, the downfall of the classical parties started way before 2015 in many of them as a result of frustration over the handling of the 2008 financial crisis.
- misja111 8y agoDon't know about Germany but in the Netherlands, Belgium and France the rise of the right wing parties started way earlier than 2008.
- majewsky 8y agoYes, we were late to the party. (Well, we had right-wing parties of course, but the AfD is the first nation-wide party right of the CxU that is sufficiently dissimilar from the NSDAP to attract a wide voter base.)