After Trump's Midterm Rout, Europe Sees Cracks in Populist Right.
Europe’s far right has suffered at least eight national election setbacks in 18 months, but French pollsters say Marine Le Pen has never looked stronger.
- Following the electoral defeat of President Donald Trump's Republican Party in the U.S., nationalist leaders across Europe have suffered eight election setbacks in roughly 18 months, yet Marine Le Pen remains the front-runner in France's upcoming presidential election.
- Analysts attribute these defeats to voters punishing incumbents for inflation and fuel prices, with nationalist parties losing ground in Sweden, Portugal, and Hungary, where Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule ended.
- Sébastien Chenu, who leads the National Rally's lawmakers, called the U.S. result "a rejection of Donald Trump's policies," and the party is now keeping the former president at arm's length.
- In France, President Emmanuel Macron's government approved a bill last week allowing the state to dock family benefits for violent group activity, a measure long advocated by Le Pen.
- With France's presidential election six months away, political scientist Gilles Ivaldi noted "the far right still has the wind in its sails," leaving the race for the presidency wide open.
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PARIS (AP) — A decade ago, U.S. President Donald Trump ’s victory sent a populist shock wave across the West. Now, Europe is asking whether the midterm rout of his Republican Party will send one back. European opponents of right-wing populism see the U.S. vote as the latest sign of its faltering advance. Since April,...
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