Why Europes nationalist parties all sound alike
Nationalist parties in the European Union are gaining momentum. At a time when the EU is increasingly fractured, they are united on many issues. What are they Read more here: Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: Three European politicians. They speak different languages but theyre all singing the same tune. And thats weird because one belief that unites these nationalist populist European leaders is that the European Union should be less united. Since the euro crisis of 2009 and the migrant crisis of 2015 these rightwing populist movements have grown in strength and in number. His campaign against Muslim refugees won his party twothirds of the seats in Hungarys general election in 2018. Polands ruling Law and Justice party doesnt sound all that different. Every European country has its own version. Tomio Okamura is a Czechnationalist politician born in Japan who wants a zerotolerance policy on immi
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