“I think unless we have a change of the current order, the working conditions will continue to deteriorate and crimes, problems to deal with immigration will rise,” the expert said. “If Le Pen is defeated, I think the support for the National Front will continue to grow because this is the only person who is at least proposing some kind of an alternative”
The rise in popularity of right-wing parties in Europe has been linked to high levels of immigration and unfulfilled promises of the current governments. That is according to a Sputnik Polls survey carried out by TNS Global for Sputnik news agency among respondents from Germany, France and Great Britain. I told Radio Sputnik there is “nothing surprising about the results. I think these are the sentiments we are seeing in most EU states right now.”
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