populist movements

Supporters cheer on leaders of the right-wing Vox party in Madrid's Plaza de Colón on Dec. 1.

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In Spain, Far-Right Populists Rise On Anti-Separatist Sentiment

8:11pm February 19, 2019

by Lucia Benavides

The country had been a holdout from a trend already sweeping other parts of Europe and beyond. Now the right-wing Vox party shares power in Spain's largest region.

Björn Höcke (center), a politician from the Alternative for Germany party, participates in a march in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, on Sept. 1, after several nationalist groups called for marches protesting the killing of a German man allegedly by migrants

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Germany's Far-Right AfD Party Now Polls Second

8:02am September 30, 2018

by Simon Schütz

It is the latest sign that many citizens are drawn to a populist movement that is reshaping politics in Germany by focusing debate squarely on immigration.