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For years now, hard right, anti-immigrant, and in some cases overtly fascist political parties have been on the march in Europe, veering from one electoral triumph to the next. When large numbers of refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war began arrivi...
The strongest version of this narrative highlights a genuine and concerning rise of hard-right politics in Europe, backed by verifiable electoral gains and policy shifts in multiple countries. The article deserves credit for acknowledging counter-trends, such as progressive pushback in Spain, the Netherlands, and France, and for linking the hard right’s struggles to its entanglement with Trump’s unpopular policies. However, the framing risks oversimplifying the dynamics at play. The hard right’s...