Electoral History of the Populist Right-Wing Parties of Austria, France, and the Netherlands (1980-2017)

The relevance of this study can be traced in two aspects: first, the need to explore and understand the reasons for the growing popularity of right-wing populist parties in EU Member States; second, for Ukraine as a potential candidate for EU membership, it is crucial to understand the role that the expansion of the European Union in 2004 played a part in fuelling anti-immigration sentiment and increasing support for right-wing populists. This paper examines the electoral history of right-wing populist parties in Austria, the Netherlands, and France from the early 1980s to 2017, as well as the... Mehr ...