The vision of the protesters last the demonstration in the Plaza del Parliament of Great Britain.
People throughout Europe say that their countries are in decline and that society is broken,
The negative feeling has grown in the last four years in the main economies of Europe, with citizens in Britain, Germany, France and Italy sharing more and more the belief that society is “broken” in the last four years.
Clifford Young, president of Voting and Society Trends, USA in Ipsos, “predisposition to populism and anti-e-bassment feeling is very stable and high worldwide.”
Populist feelings have dominated electoral discussions in Europe, with the group of right -wing patriots for Europe that obtains approximately 10% of the votes in the elections of the European Parliament last year.
In last week, a candidate backed by Trump, the Polish presidency won in a close second round vote, while in Romania the Nicor Dan Pro-Eue Dan won in a second-round presidential vote after losing the first round against an extreme right-wing candidate.
In Germany, 77% of respondents said they believe that society is broken 16 percentage points since this investigation was carried out in 2021. Great Britain and France also saw percentage increases in two digits.
The biggest economy in Europe has seen its share of political agitation in recent months. The extreme right -wing alternative of Germany Für Deutschland Party assured about 20% of the national vote in the February elections, doubling its participation in votes since 2021.
Since then, the two traditional centrist parties of the country have formed a government and have approved legislation that allows important loans for defense and infrastructure.
Carsten Nickel de Teneo described on Thursday the plans of the German government as “a massive, large -scale and live experiment in the largest economy in Europe. With 500 billion in public investment, can you really reduce the department?”
Economic Conerns seem to be adding to the populist feeling throughout the continent. In all European countries that participated in the survey, people were more likely to believe that their economies are manipulated to benefit the rich and powerful.
About 72% of British respondents agreed with that statement, the highest number in Europe and more than any other country in the G7. But the feeling was shared worldwide, with most of the 29 of the 31 countries included in the report that says that their economies are manipulated.
The academic of the University of York Daphne Halikopoulou says that the right -wing populist matches are adjusting their messages to attract those voters.
“These parties are speaking more and more in the economy in a way that attracts what I call peripheral voters, so people who do not vote for the extreme right as a backup, but like like [a] Protest against other parties, conventional parties, which believe they have failed socially and economically. ”
The British were the most likely to support a “strong leader who breaks the rules” as the solution to the cells they see in their economy. More than half of respondents agree that a strong leader was needed, compared to only 24% of people in Germany who want a leader who broke the rules, and only 38% in the United States.
The United Kingdom’s Labor Government faces pressure on the Surveys of the United Kingdom Party of Right Reform led by Nigel Farage, who recently described a plan to expand social assistance payments and reduce taxes.
But pressures on public finances could limit government ability to make own expenses offers to try to increase their popularity.
Nickel told that “extremely limited fiscal space” is making the Labor Government more reactive to “fiscal fiscal in the short term and, ultimately, trends of interest rates, and then being able to see the length review the difference.”
The Prime Minister of Britain, Keir Starmer, presides over a round table with the United Kingdom’s business leaders in Downing Street in London on April 3, 2025.
These financial pressures could also affect the political platforms of populist parties if they succeed in ensuring power throughout Europe. Galbraith says that “these policies really implements in practice would be more challenging.”
She added: “We have moderate popist parties when they enter the government because or those tax limitations in which they are.”
France is scheduled to be the next major European economy to go to the polls when it celebrates presidential elections in 2027, and it is another country where we have seen signs of public frustration. 65% of the respondents of the Psos survey agreed that “society is broken” in the country.
Galbraith described the position of the French government as “really difficult”, warning that President Emmanuel Macron “will suffer with political divisions to the presidential elections” while seeking to deliver economic reforms.
The national rally leader, Marine Le Pen, has been prevented from running in the elections after being convicted of Emistress, an accusation that denies. Halikiopoulou says that the decision could be a “double -edged sword”, with the extreme right party seeking to present itself as “bone victims.”
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