NEW DATE: Europe's Turn to the Right - Will this be a long term trend?

REGRETTABLY, I HAVE TO DELAY THIS MEET UP UNTIL TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH. (I have agreed to serve as a Deputy Returning Officer for the upcoming provincial election and am required to do training on the evening when this Meetup was originally planned.) Apologies for the delay

The rise of right wing populist and nationalist parties has been a prolonged phenomenon across much of Europe. Is this trend inevitable? Will it accelerate? Is democratic backsliding likely to be a prolonged feature of European politics? What factors underpin this apparent trend?

https://www.politico.eu/article/mapped-europe-far-right-government-power-politics-eu-italy-finalnd-hungary-parties-elections-polling/

https://thegeopolitics.com/the-rising-far-right-of-europe/

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