A Vulnerable Europe Warily Watches Rising Far Right

Poland’s Confederation Liberty and Independence party, which is enjoying double-digit support in the polls, looks set to sway the outcome of what next month promises to be one of the tightest elections since the end of communism. The popularity of a party that opposes immigration and abortion and attacks the EU is not just a Polish phenomenon. Disruptors from the far-right are gaining traction across Europe, profiting from resentment born out of the pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the economic toll from the war in Ukraine. A mix of nationalists and parties with neo-Nazi roots to euroskeptics and Donald Trump-style populists, polls show they now place among the top three most popular political groups in almost half of the EU.

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