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Subject
Right-wing populism.
Significance
The Swedish elections on September 9 were the latest poll in Europe in which support for right-wing populists increased. Two months earlier, Steve Bannon, former adviser of US President Donald Trump, came to Brussels to set up 'The Movement', a political resource and advocacy shop, to help coordinate new radical-right parties for the May 2019 European Parliament (EP) elections.
Impacts
More conventional right-wing parties such as the CSU in Bavaria will try to pull campaign issues away from the radical right.
Immigration and national sovereignty will remain centre-stage for political contests at all levels.
Support for European integration is not likely to decline precipitously but it is unlikely to strengthen dramatically either.
Keywords:
EU,
EUR,
Austria,
France,
Germany,
Netherlands,
EUROPE,
politics,
election,
government,
party,
policy,
immigration,
legislation,
social,
integration,
nationality
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2018
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