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Discussion regarding the rise of far right parties in Europe
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Discussion regarding the rise of far right parties in Europe
Far Right Nationalist parties are becoming increasingly popular in Europe - The result of the elections for the Euro parliament is a good example, with parties like the FN (National Front) in France gaining a significant amount of votes.

Not all countries in Europe are giving credit to these parties, since in some countries like Greece it's actually the far left that is gaining popularity and others like Portugal have only a small amount of votes in favour of nationalists

This new neo-nationalism has strong roots on old school European fascism but they disguise it using fancy words and expressions - They try to distinguish themselves from old fascism by making an appeal to democracy and democratic nationalism.

A lot of these parties have different things in common - For instance Le Penn in France is allegedly pro-gay marriage and pro-choice, basically using this position as a way to get votes from the left and assume a more open minded position regarding nationalism - Other nationalist parties are pro socialistic state intervention to help the poor (of course, as long as they are non immigrant nationalists), using this as a method to get votes from the left.

What these parties have in common is (exemplifying list):
- A worship for each of their nations
- Most of them are racist, although it's not publicly stated
- They are anti-immigration and think immigration is the world's greatest evil
- They are anti-gay marriage, anti-choice, anti-drugs and anti-trans
- They love tradition and everything that has their country's symbol in it
- They are against both socialism/communism and extreme capitalism (this creates a vote choice for many people)
- They are anti-EU
- They are often part of the European Arian brotherhood or whatever the hell it is
- Anti-Islam and other religions other than Christianity (not sure how they feel about atheism, no position has been taken yet)
- Pro mandatory military service for men
- Sometimes pro-death penalty
- They are ultra conservative and scientific evidence is irrelevant for them.

This thread is meant to discuss the rising popularity and credit given to these parties, and it's open to everyone European or not. I'd like to give credit to Abarus since it was a conversation with him/her that inspired me to create this thread given my concern over these parties.

So what do you think is the cause of the rising popularity of nationalists? And what will happen if they start becoming mainstream and win?

I think multiple causes exist, highlighting:
- Lack of satisfaction with centrist parties and the economical crisis
- Hate for politicians, mostly mainstream centrist ones because of reasons like incompetence and corruption
- The existence of old school fascists/nationalists or their kids who've been brought to the ideology
- Hatred towards the so called "modern trends" like gay marriage, drug liberalization/legalization and the repeal of harmful traditions
- Some people just love their country
- Overly liberalized open borders that lead to excessive immigrants entering European countries - While I don't agree with discrimination and persecution, even I admit that there are just too many immigrants freely entering and getting state assistance while there are more pressing concerns
- Hatred towards the EU

I think that out of all the reasons, anti-EU ideologies and dissatisfaction with the crisis are the most important, many people are tired of corrupt incompetent politicians and want stability - That doesn't mean they are making the right choice..

So what do you think? In case you are European and live in a country with a far-right party, you can tell us about it's ideologies and how many vote it has gathered.
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Discussion regarding the rise of far right parties in Europe - by Dystopia - January 2, 2015 at 11:48 am

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