‘Sharp Turn to the Right’ — Populist Parties Projected to Win EU Parliament Elections in Nine Nations
Populist parties are projected to be victorious in at least nine EU member states and come in second or third in a further nine countries.
Populist parties are projected to be victorious in at least nine EU member states and come in second or third in a further nine countries.
Populist parties surged in Europe in 2023 as the failures of the open borders agenda were put on full display for the world to see.
The populist Alternative for Germany party officially condemned the EU as a “failed project” in a text adopted at the party’s conference.
Germany’s populist AfD shocked the political establishment in the country after securing its first-ever district council election victory.
A London hedge fund that bet against GameStop has become one of the first casualties in the populist internet revolt against Wall Street.
Nigel Farage has hailed the GameStop rebellion as the natural successor to the populist movement which carried Brexit and Donald Trump to victory in 2016.
French populist National Rally (RN) Member of the European Parliament Jérôme Rivière stated that he believes the United Kingdom leaving the European Union is akin to the start of the collapse of the former USSR.
Italian populist leader and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has warned that if the sovereigntist and populist parties do not make a breakthrough in European elections next week, some nations could head down the path of becoming Islamic states.
Populist Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has added several new parties to his European Parliament alliance, announcing the inclusion of conservatives and populists from Finland, Denmark, and Germany.
Populist Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is set to host a conference in Milan next week aimed at uniting the European populist parties and movements ahead of the European Parliament elections.
The UK’s Brexit minister has said the European Union (EU) “has a habit of spurning democratic votes” and claimed the bloc is fuelling the populist spring across the continent.
Former senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump and former executive chairman of Breitbart News Stephen K. Bannon declared French populist leader Marine Le Pen the leader of Europe’s populist movement.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan mourned Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) decision not to seek re-election, describing his retirement as a loss for “the greater cause of conservatism.”
Robert Costa writes in the Washington Post that the “first post-election target” of the populist and nationalist movement that propelled GOP nominee Donald Trump’s campaign will likely be the Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.
In a highly intemperate open letter, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has attacked Geert Wilders, Nigel Farage, Donald Trump and a number of leaders of populist movements around the world as “demagogues and political fantasists.”
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions took center stage on the first night of the Republican National Convention to discuss the conservative populist movement that has swept the nation and has inspired one of the most remarkable elections in U.S. history.