{"id":143465,"date":"2024-06-18T17:21:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/luxus-magazine-the-shadow-of-nationalism-and-populism-looms-larger-over-europe\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T17:21:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T15:21:20","slug":"luxus-magazine-the-shadow-of-nationalism-and-populism-looms-larger-over-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/luxus-magazine-the-shadow-of-nationalism-and-populism-looms-larger-over-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"[Luxus Magazine] The shadow of nationalism and populism looms larger over Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The European elections in June 2024 saw the rise of nationalism and populism on the Old Continent. In the face of economic, social and political crises, far-right parties are gaining in popularity by advocating protectionism and euroscepticism. This rise poses major challenges to the cohesion and democratic values of the European Union.<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the last <strong>European elections in June 2024<\/strong>, the far right consolidated its position by sending over <strong>180 MEPs<\/strong> to the European Parliament. Eurosceptic and nationalist parties gained ground in the majority of member states, notably in <strong>France and Austria<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since the 2000s, Europe has witnessed the rapid rise of far-right parties, characterized by their populism and Euroscepticism. This trend has been particularly marked in <strong>Italy, Hungary, Poland, France and the Netherlands<\/strong>, where these parties have gained in popularity and often succeeded in coming to power, thus influencing the European political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rise of the far right in Europe has been marked by a number of significant electoral breakthroughs. In Hungary, <strong>Viktor Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s Fidesz<\/strong> party, which has been in power for over a decade, consolidated its position with an overwhelming majority in the 2022 elections, winning 59% of parliamentary seats thanks to strong support from rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Portugal saw the <strong>Chega<\/strong> party (in French: \u00c7a suffit) make a historic breakthrough in 2024, securing over 18% of the vote in the 2024 legislative elections. In the Netherlands, <strong>Geert Wilders<\/strong>&#8216; PVV, often dubbed the &#8220;Dutch Trump&#8221;, won 37 seats in parliament in November 2023, illustrating a continuing rise of the far right in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23770\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20231125_BLP517.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Poland, the <strong>Law and Justice party (PiS)<\/strong> came to power in 2015 and remains a central player despite a slight drop in support in the 2023 general election, while in Sweden, the <strong>Sweden Democrats<\/strong> became the second-largest party in terms of votes in the 2022 general election, with strong support among less-educated voters and rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/the-shadow-of-nationalism-and-populism-looms-larger-over-europe\/\">Click here to read the entire article<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on Luxus Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo : \u00a9\u00a0Drawing by Luis Granena, published in the Financial Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European elections in June 2024 saw the rise of nationalism and populism on the Old Continent. 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