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To: carranza2 who wrote (26473)	4/22/2002 2:08:45 PM
From: BigBull	Respond to of 281500

The inclusion of the Dutch in the group of European countries with far right wins is telling--I can't imagine a less receptive spot for the far right. Telling? I think so. Not only Italy and Holland, but also Norway and Denmark. Immigration policies seem to be a common link between the various parties. We'll see. Chirac is a shoe in and will try to rule from the center right. Still, he campaigned heavily on a "law and order" "anti-crime" platform. Ok last links on this subject for a while: news.bbc.co.uk Norway's Labour prime minister has given in his government's resignation. The move paves the way for Christian Democrat Kjell Magne Bondevika to head a new, right-wing coalition backed by the far right news.bbc.co.uk Different figures, same issues The key issues, in any case, are the same across Europe. The Netherlands' Pim Fortuyn rails against Muslims Many voters perceive a link between crime and immigrants; that combines with anxieties about job security, blamed on globalisation or sometimes the EU, and with disgust at political corruption. The new right-wing parties may sometimes be called post-fascist, but they do not seem to be vulnerable to attempts to associate them with the old fascist movements of the 20th century. Mr Le Pen himself, after all, in his most notorious remark, once referred to the Nazi death camps as a detail of history. Since the suicide hijackings of 11 September, fears of terrorism and prejudice against Arabs and Muslims may be feeding the appeal of the far-right parties. But it is the domestic issues that really count. Mr Le Pen's success shows that if the mainstream political parties fail to deal with them, there are other plenty of extreme groups ready to pick them up.

To: carranza2 who wrote (26473)	4/22/2002 3:08:51 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Though Chirac will trounce Le Pen, I agree, but maybe we should remember when the rise of Likud was scoffed at. Le Pen, and others like it in other Euro countries, are tapping into a growing sense of unease in Europe. The economic failure of the Union, combined with the immigration fears, combined with the constantly increasing costs of the social programs, is going to cause a increasing shift to the right in Europe, IMO. I don't think it will get Le Pen into office, but it will benefit the parties on the right, who will move to get those voters.