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Xenophobia has been an increasing concern in Europe in the last 10 years and nobody wants to admin it. There are "new-nazi" movement in Greece and Germany for e

Xenophobia has been an increasing concern in Europe in the last 10 years and nobody wants to admin it. There are "new-nazi" movement in Greece and Germany for example which of course target (not only but mostly) immigrants. I guess is totally disconnected from the language discussion.

quonn 5y ago
Golden Dawn in Greece and AFD in Germany (although it should be noted that AFD is not quite the same. GD would be equal to NPD or similar). Both have about 10% of the vote more or less to give you an idea of the size. This is one of the most widely discussed political topics here and has been since at least 2013. I don‘t see how „nobody wants to admit it“. The Green party was recently at 30% and is now at 18%. The social democrats + liberal + green party are currently at 53% - all decidedly not xenophobic. (source: sonntagsfrage.de) The fact that a right-wing party exists is normal in a democracy. We should keep in mind that the Republican Party is in many ways more right-wing than AFD. And it‘s far bigger. The German conservative party is in many ways left of the Democratic party in the US. The social democrats and the Green party would be completely unthinkable there right now. (I‘m voting for the Green party.)
- ausudhz 5y ago
  Left and moderate politician know the issue, I'm saying normal people and far right won't admit it because they think since they live in their small bubble the entire country is the same. There has been immense pressure in the last years against immigrants in Europe and is true in every European country. Le Pen in France (21% in the last presidential election, 33% on the second turn vs Macron) and Salvini in Italy (Lega got 17% in the general election) are far right and xenophobic parties too. They won't admit it publicly, but they are not even taking the distance from whom in their party are racist as that helps them on getting votes.

quonn 5y ago

Golden Dawn in Greece and AFD in Germany (although it should be noted that AFD is not quite the same. GD would be equal to NPD or similar). Both have about 10% of the vote more or less to give you an idea of the size. This is one of the most widely discussed political topics here and has been since at least 2013. I don‘t see how „nobody wants to admit it“. The Green party was recently at 30% and is now at 18%. The social democrats + liberal + green party are currently at 53% - all decidedly not xenophobic. (source: sonntagsfrage.de) The fact that a right-wing party exists is normal in a democracy. We should keep in mind that the Republican Party is in many ways more right-wing than AFD. And it‘s far bigger. The German conservative party is in many ways left of the Democratic party in the US. The social democrats and the Green party would be completely unthinkable there right now. (I‘m voting for the Green party.)

ausudhz 5y ago
Left and moderate politician know the issue, I'm saying normal people and far right won't admit it because they think since they live in their small bubble the entire country is the same. There has been immense pressure in the last years against immigrants in Europe and is true in every European country. Le Pen in France (21% in the last presidential election, 33% on the second turn vs Macron) and Salvini in Italy (Lega got 17% in the general election) are far right and xenophobic parties too. They won't admit it publicly, but they are not even taking the distance from whom in their party are racist as that helps them on getting votes.