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Right-wing populism is a political ideology that rejects existing political consensus and often combines laissez-faire liberalism and anti-elitism. It is considered populism because of its appeal to the "common man" as opposed to the elites. In Europe right-wing populism is also a description used to describe groups and political parties generally known for their opposition to immigration, mostly from the Islamic world, and the European Union. Traditional right wing views such as opposition to an increasing support for the welfare state and a "more lavish, but also more restrictive, domestic social spending" scheme is also described under right wing populism and is sometimes called "welfare chauvinism". From the 1990s right-wing populist parties became established in the legislatures of various democracies including Canada, Norway, France, Israel, Poland, Russia, Romania and Chile, and entered coalition governments in Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Italy. Although extreme right-wing movements in the US have been studied separately, where they are normally called "radical right", some writers consider them to be the same phenomenon. Right-wing populism is distinct from the historic right, which had been concerned with preserving the "status quo", and mostly do not have roots in their political parties. ( Read More ...) Template:/box-footer The Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) is a right-wing populist political party in Germany. Founded in April 2013, the party won 4.7% of the votes in the 2013 federal election, narrowly missing the 5% electoral threshold to sit in the Bundestag. In 2014 the party won 7.1% of the votes and 7 out of 96 German seats in the European election, and subsequently joined the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group. As of March 2016 the AfD had gained representation in eight German state parliaments. The party is currently led by Frauke Petry and Jörg Meuthen. Founded as a Eurosceptic party supporting Germany's membership of the European Union but opposing the euro currency and bailouts resulting from the European debt crisis, the AfD split in July 2015, with Petry leading the party on an anti-immigration platform, and founder Bernd Lucke and supporters of his economic policies leaving to found the Alliance for Progress and Renewal. At the party convention held from 30 April to 1 May 2016, the party adopted an anti-Islam platform. Marine Le Pen Marine Le Pen (French pronunciation: ​[ma.ʁin lə.pɛn]; born Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen; 5 August 1968) is a French politician who is the president of the National Front (FN), a national-conservative political party in France and one of the main political forces. A lawyer by profession, she is the youngest daughter of longtime FN leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. She is the aunt of Marion Maréchal-Le Pen. Le Pen joined the FN in 1986, its Executive Committee in 2000 and was a vice-president of the FN for eight years (2003–2011). She currently is an ex officio member of the FN Executive Office, Executive Committee and Central Committee. She has been a regional councillor since 1998 (Île-de-France: 2004–2010, Nord-Pas-de-Calais: 1998–2004, 2010–present), a Member of the European Parliament since 2004 (Île-de-France: 2004–2009, North-West France: 2009–present) and was a municipal councillor in Hénin-Beaumont, Pas-de-Calais for three years (2008–2011). 200px “ Anderson Cooper: Is Islam at war with the West? Donald Trump: I think Islam hates us. There is something there, there is a tremendous hatred there, and we have to get to the bottom of it. There is an unbelievable hatred of us. Cooper: In Islam itself? Trump: You're going to have to figure that out, but there is a tremendous hatred and we have to be very vigilant, we have to be very careful and we can't allow people coming into this country who have this hatred of the United States and of people that are not Muslim. Cooper: The question is is there a war between the West and radical Islam or is it between the West and Islam itself? Trump: Well it's radical but it's very hard to define, it's very hard to separate because you don't know who's who. ” — Donald Trump ▼ Right-wing populism ► Ku Klux Klan Current right-wing populist parties or parties with right-wing populist factions Austria – Freedom Party of Austria, Alliance for the Future of Austria Belgium – Flemish Interest Denmark – Danish People's Party Finland – True Finns France – National Front Germany – Alternative for Germany Greece – Independent Greeks, Hungary – Fidesz Italy – Lega Nord Netherlands – Party for Freedom Norway – Progress Party Russia – Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Serbia – Serbian Radical Party Slovakia – Slovak National Party Sweden – Sweden Democrats Switzerland – Swiss People's Party Ukraine – Svoboda United Kingdom – UK Independence Party Former right-wing populist parties or parties with right-wing populist factions Canada – Action démocratique du Québec, Denmark – Progress Party Iceland – Citizens' Party Italy – National Alliance Netherlands Centre Democrats, Pim Fortuyn List Sweden – New Democrats Template:/box-footer Politics Biography Conservatism Freedom of speech Islam Geert Wilders Template:/box-footer Wikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:/box-footer Suggest new feature articles and pictures. 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