Why Europe’s Far-Right is No Longer Fringe

Why Europe’s Far-Right is No Longer Fringe | NL Hafta

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The panel turns to the rise of Europe's far right, with Professor Gulshan Sachdeva, the Jean Monnet Chair at JNU's Centre for European Studies, noting that these parties have not appeared suddenly. He argues that they have existed for decades but gained ground significantly over the last 20 years, entering coalition governments across Germany, France, Spain and Italy. He adds that mainstream conservative parties bear some responsibility: “The moment they also started talking about [immigration], they have actually provided legitimacy to all these... politics.” Anand Vardhan traces the far right's inroads to working-class voters’ economic anxieties, pointing to “economic anxieties, housing problems... too much fight for limited resources.” He argues that mainstream parties have sidelined national identity and cultural norms in pursuit of liberal principles, producing “a backlash against this imposition of liberal principles on a country... anxious about its cultural identity, jobs, housing.” Abhinandan Sekhri pushes back on alarmist framing, pointing to a BBC report debunking claims that crime in London has risen, and notes that homicide has “come down by almost half” since 2019. Gulshan responds that public perception often diverges from data, and attributes much of the far right’s growth to the 2015 migration crisis and the perceived failure of multiculturalism as a model in Europe. Subscribe to watch the full conversation. https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/09/12/hafta-606-delhis-housing-crisis-brics-and-europes-far-right-surge Subscribe to Newslaundry: https://pages.razorpay.com/nlsm Join the NL-TNM Book Club: https://www.newslaundry.com/book-club Join us on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va61PEo0QeacOqU9vr2k Download the accessible Newslaundry app: https://www.newslaundry.com/download-app Follow and engage with us on social media: Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry

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