Nowadays, some European political parties such as
the populist National Front in France are considered as being to the right without being liberal.
The recent victory of the right -
populist National Front in France and Donald Trumps» continued lead in the polls for the Republican nomination are exposing a hole in Western politics.
Not exact matches
Buoyed by Trump's victory and Britons» vote to leave the European Union, Le Pen's anti-immigration, anti-EU
National Front (FN) hopes for similar
populist momentum in France.
And the success of the Pirate Party in Sweden, the anti-Islam party led by Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, and more established
populist parties such as the French
Front National, confirm that Italy is far from being an outlier.
Amid this wide - open field, the only politician at this stage forecast to be present in the second ballot in virtually all scenarios is Marine Le Pen, leader of the
populist, xenophobic, and anti-Europe
Front National.
She is the daughter of Jean - Marie Le Pen (founder of the
National Front) and is often considered the «Donald Trump» of France: a fiery far - right leader who has ridden a
populist, anti-immigrant wave to top political status.
Meanwhile the
populist and openly anti-EU
Front National (who command 24 % of votes) are presently competing with the opposition UMP (who command 22 %) for the first place in the election.
Though not an outright endorsement of centrist Emmanuel Macron, the winner, the post appears to be one of relief for the loss of Marine LePen, the far right
populist candidate, whose
National Front Party holds anti-immigrant views.
In the 2014 European elections, Euroscepticism was primarily associated with success of far - right
populist political parties such as the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Golden Dawn, Jobbik and
Front National.