Weidel, Le Pen, Marechal, and Meloni are not outliers in the current European polity. They are emblematic of a new age of communicating fascist and nationalist ideologies to the public. The millions of voters who are drawn to their parties do not look at the discrepancies between the values they preach and their personal lives, nor data outlining the credibility of threats to national identities and European women. Rather, the shining face of a proud blonde European patriot calling for the expulsion of ethnic groups from their countries as a solution to their everyday problems and identity issues is enough to show hate without guilt. It is enough to make people and politicians say what usually would be deemed hate speech, with their newfound woman-oriented zeal. Thus, the emboldened far right of Europe begins to test new limits of open anti-immigrant sentiment, and feels encouraged to perpetuate the vision of the immigrant or liberal scapegoat without negative consequence. Those encouraging this behaviour are the women at the heads of the far right who have found the perfect dynamic for their role in politics. Woman and patriarchal power are reconciled through the might of populist xenophobia.
The consequences of the rhetoric and power of these parties will not only embolden the patriots of their countries, but will also alienate the millions of Muslims living in Germany, France, and Italy. Those who were born and raised within a European culture that now rejects them will be the most vulnerable to radicalization, seeking ideological refuge not in critically thinking moderate groups but rather the other ends of extremes. This will only further fuel the femonationalists, who seek radicals as scapegoats for their thriving campaigns. We are only beginning to see the impacts of this far-right phenomenon, but in the coming years we should be all watching Europe closely.
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Edited by Josh Heimann.
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