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It seemed as if Spain was the last bastion in Europe of the left, but even that fell a month ago. In the municipal and regional elections in Spain, the left-wing government of Pedro Sanchez was punished with votes, as a result the Spanish Prime Minister requested early elections. The smile of the winners has now passed to the popular conservative party, PP with the new image given by Isabel Diaz Ayso from Madrid that mocks feminism, equality, minority protection, trans rights and climate protection.
But the right-wing extremist party Vox is also showing growth, which in many municipalities and autonomous regions is expected to co-govern in the future. Among those who congratulated the Vox party, Viktor Orban was among the first, not by chance.
Hungary: "Idol" Orban
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered the model for the right turn. In April last year, he secured his fourth term, although the opposition had united and thought there were chances for a change of power. Orban and his right-wing national party, Fidesz, according to the Russian model, proclaimed "illiberal democracy". Anti-foreigner tones are a normal part of the government's agenda. Orbán argues for the continued opposition to accepting refugees by saying that Hungarians "don't want to become a mixed race" and that multicultural European countries "are no longer nations".
France: Le Pen more cautious
After Orban's victory, Marine Le Pen was the first to congratulate the Hungarian Prime Minister. Her party, "Rassemblement National" a year ago managed to 14-fold the number of deputies in the parliamentary elections. Le Pen tirelessly pursues her plan to enter the Élysée Palace as president. The next step she aims for is victory in the European elections in 2024, which no longer seems impossible, because for 10 years many French men and women have voted far to the right.
Italy: Meloni and Mussolini
Giorgia Meloni didn't have to wait that long. Her radical right-wing party with roots in fascism "Fratelli d'Italia" from an insignificant party managed to climb the electorate and install Meloni in the post of prime minister of Italy. The party's emblem still contains the green-white-and-red flame, which for Italian right-wingers symbolically stands for the eternal flame on Mussolini's grave. And by the way..for Giorgia Meloni, Mussolini "is a complex personality that must be seen in context", says Meloni, who started her political career in the neo-fascist youth organization.
Sweden: Populists the second force
Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the right-wing populist party, the Sweden Democrats, has had a long road to the hard right turn, as he was considered a moderate in his political beginnings. Today, in the style of Donald Trump, he will "make Sweden great again". In last year's parliamentary elections, the Sweden Democrats party, which was founded in 1988 by Swedish right-wing extremists, became the second largest political force.
Since then, this party with its anti-migrant and anti-Islam policy regularly puts pressure on the center-right coalition government. Muslims for Åkesson are "the biggest danger to Sweden since the Second World War".
Finland: "Finns first"
The right-wing populists have also found an echo in Finland - In this country, the "True Finns" party managed to enter the government in a four-party coalition. The populist party secured seven posts, and its leader, Riika Purra, even took the post of finance minister.
This politician who previously voted for the Greens will now return Finland "on the right track", changing the paradigm of migration by setting a quota of up to 500 migrants.
Slovakia: Neo-Nazis in parliament
Meanwhile, Purra is very mild compared to Marian Kotleba, head of the Slovak neo-fascist party, L'SNS. This politician who incites hatred against Roma, Jews and homosexuals in 2022 was given a suspended sentence for "promoting an ideology dangerous to democracy" and must surrender his parliamentary mandate. But this did not prevent the success of his party. In the parliamentary elections in 2020, the Slovak party managed to get 17 seats in the parliament. From the early elections in September, L'SNS expects to get even more deputies.
Greece: Massive right turn
In Greece, the conservative Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, won the elections on Sunday (25.06.), but the success of the ultra-right parties makes you understand that Greece has taken a strong political turn to the right. The Greek populist party, "Hellenic Lysi", the Greek Solution, the ultra-nationalist and ultra-religious party "Niki", Victory and the party "Spartans", the successor of the banned party "Golden Dawn" have entered the parliament and together occupy 13% of the seats. /DW
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