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Originally Posted by New Brisavoine
Lol !
Yeah, yeah, the far-right is always nastier in foreign countries than in one's own. 
Truth is, there is not much difference between the FN, UKIP, and PVV. Their agendas and political programs are nearly identical (except UKIP is more to the right in terms of economics).
And in Sweden the far-right is indeed on the rise. It went from having 0 MPs before 2010, to having 20 MPs in 2010, and 49 MPs in 2014. In comparison, the FN has only 2 MPs. |
Except Nigel Farage and Geert Wilders are not card carrying anti semites...
Sorry but the legacy of the FN is not so easily erased just by putting a fresh face on it (although I wouldn't exactely call Marine "fresh"
).
Technically the SD are "on the rise" but they receive <15% of the vote and are cordoned by all other parties and thus no change of being in government or having much influence. France is the only country where the FN receives >25% of the vote and is a serious contender of actually getting to power (also on the municipal level).
Also the FN has been a political force in France for a long time while most of these anti immigration parties in other countries are short lived or have a clear ceiling of 10-15% of the vote at most.