, Columnist
Europe’s Far Right Isn’t So Fringe Anymore
Across the continent, radical parties are rising in popularity and threatening to gain a share of power in countries such as Spain.
Spain’s Vox could end up in a ruling coalition.
Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg
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A global upheaval looms as Donald Trump strengthens his candidacy for the next US presidential elections. Ukraine and its European allies need to start considering the prospect that by the end of next year, they could face a US no longer invested in resisting Russia’s aggression.
We should also start bracing ourselves for a geopolitical earthquake in Europe itself. In Spain, which holds national elections on July 23, and across the continent, far-right demagogues are in the ascendant.