Europeans increasingly support patriotic leaders who put their people and safety first
By PAUL DIJKS
VoiceOfEurope.com
11 November 2018
The populist, anti-migration nationalists are on the rise across the European Union and recent polls show the rate of their increase is also on the rise! Italy, France, Hungary and Spain especially.
A recent poll from 4 November from the Institut Français D’opinion Publique (IFOP) showed that French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party Republic on the Move (LREM) has plunged to 19 per cent, while Marine Le Pen’s right-wing Rassemblement National (RN, formerly National Front) jumped to 21 per cent.
Victor Orbán’s Fidesz party and their Christian Democratic People’s Party allies, according to a Hungarian national poll, reveal their support, already the highest in Europe, has increased to 63 per cent, the second most ‘popular’ party hobbling in at 11 per cent.
In Spain, recent polls by Celeste-Tel reveal five times more support from the electorate, just since January for the party that vows to “make Spain great again”. The leader of the Spanish Vox party, Santiago Abascal, explained the recent surge in support for the Vox party, he said it is because the are “in step with what millions of Spaniards think”.
Italy. Italy’s League, led by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, continues to outperform its coalition partners, the Five Star Movement.
Salvini, voted the most trusted and popular politician in Italy according to a poll by Giorno in July, and his party Lega lead with 31 per cent while Five Star comes in at 27 per cent, according to pollster Noto. A recent poll showed that support for Salvini has even increased to 34.7 per cent.
Populists among the EU parliament are uniting, last month Salvini and Le Pen met in Rome and announced their “Freedom Front” as clearly, pro-nationalism parties lead their rivals heading into next year’s EU parliamentary election.
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