

5.2 Former or disbanded right-wing populist parties.5.1.2 Not represented in national legislatures.

5.1.1 Represented in national legislatures.5.1 Current right-wing populist parties or parties with right-wing populist factions.5 Right-wing populist political parties.American businessman and media personality Donald Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election after running on a platform that included right-wing populist themes. Since the Great Recession, European right-wing populist movements such as the National Rally (formerly the National Front) in France, the League in Italy, the Party for Freedom and the Forum for Democracy in the Netherlands, the Finns Party, the Sweden Democrats, Danish People's Party, the Freedom Party of Austria, the UK Independence Party and the Brexit Party began to grow in popularity, in large part due to increasing opposition to immigration from the Middle East and Africa, rising Euroscepticism and discontent with the economic policies of the European Union.

Although extreme right-wing movements in the United States (where they are normally referred to as the " radical right") are usually characterized as a separate entity, some writers consider them to be a part of a broader, right-wing populist phenomenon. įrom the 1990s, right-wing populist parties became established in the legislatures of various democracies. Right-wing populists may support expanding the welfare state, but only for those they deem are fit to receive it this concept has been referred to as " welfare chauvinism". In Europe, the term is often used to describe groups, politicians, and political parties that are generally known for their opposition to immigration, especially from the Muslim world, and for Euroscepticism. Right-wing populism in the Western world is generally associated with ideologies such as anti-environmentalism, anti-globalization, nativism, and protectionism. Frequently, they aim to defend a national culture, identity, and economy against perceived attacks by outsiders. Recurring themes of right-wing populists include neo-nationalism, social conservatism, and economic nationalism. Its rhetoric employs anti- elitist sentiments, opposition to the Establishment, and speaking to and/or for the " common people". Right-wing populism, also called national populism and right-wing nationalism, is a political ideology which combines right-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes.
