EU24: Centre May Hold Despite Right-Wing Gains
The growth of the Right comes at the expense of Europeans Greens as voters turn their back on the flatlining European Green Deal.
The growth of the Right comes at the expense of Europeans Greens as voters turn their back on the flatlining European Green Deal.
The latest polling data revealed that if elections were held this weekend, the AfD would collect a record high 23% of the national vote, just three percentage points behind the establishment CDU/CSU.
The Gallup Institute’s survey’s results are not particularly surprising in light of the massive numbers of voters who previously voted for establishment parties, but who have now thrown their support behind the FPÖ, seeing in them a party that offers an alternative vision for the country.
Critics have argued that the paper ought to be taken with more than a grain of salt. Not least because so few were approached for the poll.
The decline of the European political centre continues, albeit at a modest pace as a potential ECR-EPP alliance will likely be a major point of contention following next year’s elections.
AfD MP Petr Bystron said the poll results are “fully in line with the pan-European trend, populist parties are on the rise everywhere.”
The opinion poll comes as new immigration legislation, which was supposed to be one of the main items on the National Assembly’s agenda between now and July 14th, has been postponed until autumn due to a lack of majority support.
The political winds have changed. In the wake of President Macron raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, his already dismal approval ratings and popularity have sunk even lower, as two recent surveys reveal.
Compared to last year, a significantly larger number of Germans fear being pulled into a war with Russia, according to The Security Report 2023.
Norway’s apparent rightward political shift mirrors similar trends witnessed across other Nordic states like Sweden and Finland.
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