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CNN analysis: Europe is turning to the right, but why did a centre-left party win with a flood of votes in the UK?!

2024-07-05 10:16:12Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
CNN analysis: Europe is turning to the right, but why did a centre-left party
Keir Starmer

Last month's European elections saw a historic number of lawmakers from far-right parties elected to the European Parliament.

The results caused such chaos that French President Emmanuel Macron called snap parliamentary elections in his country, the first round of which was won by the far-right National Rally last week.

Meanwhile, a government made up of far-right figures was formed in the Netherlands this week. Meanwhile, Italy is led by the most right-wing leader since the rule of wartime fascist leader Benito Mussolini.

These electoral victories and the prospect of the populist right in power is no longer a surprise in European countries, writes CNN, in an analysis.

There are many reasons for this rise in populism. But in general, quite a few European countries are suffering from slow economies, high immigration and high energy prices.

The European Union is often blamed for national difficulties by populist politicians, while there is an increasingly Eurosceptic national discourse, writes CNN .

So why is Britain, the only country where Euroscepticism led to a referendum on EU membership, bucking the trend?

Regardless of the scale of Labour's victory, it is clear from the results that the British right is far from "dead".

The Conservative Party, despite the disappointment it received from this election, is determined to exceed the expectations of some polls that predicted it would win less than 100 seats.

Another party that is beating poll forecasts is the UK's right-wing populist Reform, led by Nigel Farage, who is perhaps best known these days for his friendship with former US President Donald Trump. He took credit for Brexit, after campaigning against the UK's EU membership for years.

Farage's political success to date has all come without having a parliamentary term. Now he has not only won a seat himself, but will have a small group of colleagues ready to throw 'grenades' at Labor leader Keir Starmer, CNN further says.

While this may seem small compared to Starmer's majority, Farage will no doubt influence the debate over the future direction of the Conservative Party, possibly dragging it further to the right.

And with Reform performing well in many of the seats Labor won, the hard right will not only be impossible to ignore in this parliament, but could further increase its own influence.

Britain suffers from many of the same problems as other European countries.

If Starmer falters as prime minister, there is every chance that the populist right will continue to capture the public imagination, as it has done everywhere in Europe.


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