Europe - No, Thanks?

by Karsten Grabow, Florian Hartleb

Study on the Rise of Right-Wing and National Populist Parties in Europe

Right-wing and national populist parties have managed to establish themselves as relevant political players throughout virtually the whole of Europe.This rise of right-wing and national populists has come at the expense of all traditional parties. The current strength of right-wing and national populist parties is a result of them supplementing their ‘core themes’ of xenophobia and critique of the elites with a simple mobilising message, namely ‘no to this Europe’.