30-10-2017 16:29 via theguardian.com

Europe’s centre-right is on the wrong track with ‘good populism’ | Cas Mudde

In the Austrian and Dutch elections, it’s debatable how much ground mainstream parties won by flirting with nativism. Swinging to the right carries long-term risksOften post-election days feel like groundhog day: after every election in which a far-right party has won a “shock” victory, voices from the left to the right will argue that established parties should be more “realistic” about immigration, and the “problems” of multiculturalism, because &ldquo
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