Also @ Axios, by Zachary Basu

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Also @ Axios, by Zachary Basu, Sept. 20

Europe's right-wing populists are driven by more than immigration, with graphic

The recent surge of right-wing populist movements in Europe has become a dominant narrative in international media, but the actual election performance of nationalist parties suggests that the scale of their growing influence may be overblown — and that their rise may be rooted in social forces besides migration [....]

The big picture: An Axios analysis found that in the last two election cycles, right-wing populist parties, as defined by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, experienced gains (>0.05%) in 15 out of the 27 countries that will vote in next year's European Parliament elections. But a number of these parties were already growing prior to the 2015 refugee crisis — often cited as the main factor in the rise of the far-right — while others lost support after the crisis, despite vowing to cap immigration [....]

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Also @ Axios, by Zachary Basu