Political theorist Ralph Schoellhammer says “people are no longer afraid to admit they are voting for right-wing parties” as Marine Le Pen's party surges in the French elections.
“It was once considered socially unsavoury to vote for right-wing parties.”
Labour and European parties need to address the everyday concerns of disaffected voters and show that only progressives have the answers, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
Sir Keir was asked after a stump speech at Hitchin Town Football Club what lessons he drew from the strong showing for the French far-right National Rally party in the first round of election voting.
“The lesson that I take from nationalism or populism wherever it is across Europe - obviously we’re seeing the results emerging from France -
but we also see the situation in other countries across Europe and across the world.
“The lesson I take from that is that we need to address the everyday concerns of so many people in this country who feel disaffected by politics who feel on this Thursday either that the country’s too broken to be mended or that they can’t trust politicians because of what the Tories have done after the last 14 years.
“We have to take that head on and we have to show both Thursday in the United Kingdom and across Europe and the world that only progressives have the answers to the challenges that are facing us in this country and across Europe."
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