{"id":163457,"date":"2025-09-01T04:54:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=163457"},"modified":"2025-09-01T04:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:54:34","slug":"wsj-populist-right-wing-parties-lead-polls-in-europes-biggest-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=163457","title":{"rendered":"WSJ: Populist Right-Wing Parties Lead Polls in Europe\u2019s Biggest Economies"},"content":{"rendered":"

WSJ<\/a>: The sense of economic decline together with rapid immigration is a toxic combination that has turned many voters against established political parties, said J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Gallon, a former French diplomat and head of Europe for consulting firm McLarty Associates. \u201cIt\u2019s the same story from smaller English cities to the French countryside to German towns, where many people feel like the traditional elites look down on them or ignore their concerns,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Bardella and National Rally have tapped into widespread anxiety that France\u2019s Muslim minority, one of the largest in Europe, is encroaching on the secular values of the French Republic, and into a perceived decline of living standards among working-class and middle-class families. In recent years, National Rally has evolved from a fringe protest movement to the country\u2019s largest single party in the National Assembly, France\u2019s lower house of Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WSJ: The sense of economic decline together with rapid immigration is a toxic combination that has turned many voters against established political parties, said J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Gallon, a former French diplomat and head of Europe for consulting firm McLarty Associates. \u201cIt\u2019s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9993],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t