Why has what’s happening in Europe and the U.S. come as such a shock to the elites?
The populist right is ascendant all across the European continent and in America as well. The fact that this should be a mystery to the liberal media and leftist commentariat only shows how out of touch they are with the masses.
AfD in Germany, National Rally in France, Freedom Party in the Netherlands, and Brothers of Italy are not right-wing fringe parties. The Brothers of Italy took power in a stunning election victory last year. Its leader, Giorgia Meloni, serves as Italy’s prime minister.
Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally in France, is more popular than French President Emanuel Macron. The AfD (Alternative for Germany), Germany’s populist party, now polls higher than each of the three parties currently governing Germany. And the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV) cemented the rise of the right in Europe with a smashing victory at the polls last week.
Wilders’s victory left the elites and left-wing commentators gasping for air. How could this happen? How could these troglodytes win in civilized nations of old Europe?
Oliver Wiseman writing in the Free Press noticed the lack of serious…
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