Rise of far-right party in Denmark reflects Europe’s unease
“We are in a new place, and people are right to be worried about the political direction,” said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, a London-based research institution. “The eurozone crisis, combined with outside trends like migration and globalization, has exposed the disconnect between domestic politics in many countries and EU politics.”
The effort of traditional political parties to attract alienated and angry voters has shifted the discourse. “Once society legitimizes talking of immigration and immigrants in a way now routinely discussed, there is a greater risk of policy becoming more extreme,” Mr Tilford said.