Air Date: 6-21-2024
The European elections could have been worse but they weren't great. Shifting politics among mainstream parties is legitimizing far-right policies at the same time as people's concerns over immigration is being reflected in a willingness to vote for far-right parties.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: Europe Slides to the Right Unpacking the EU Parliamentary Elections. - UNFTR - Air Date 6-15-24
KP 3: How the EU Parliament Voted This Year - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 6-12-24
KP 4: Does the economy matter to the far right? - Business Beyond - Air Date 5-31-24
KP 6: What is behind the rise of the far-right in Europe - Al Jazeera English - Air Date 6-11-24
KP 7: Far Right Surges in European Elections - Pod Save The World - Air Date 6-12-24
(49:23) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the snowball effect of factors leading to a rightward shift in politics
DEEPER DIVES
(56:56) SECTION A: THE EU STRUCTURE AND ELECTION RESULTS
A1: Germany's Chancellor Scholz alarmed by far-right surge - DW News - Air Date 6-10-24
A2: Far Right Surges in European Elections Part 2 - Pod Save The World - Air Date 6-12-24
(1:05:58) SECTION B: IMMIGRATION AND THE CULTURE WAR
B3: What is behind the rise of the far-right in Europe Part 2 - Al Jazeera English - Air Date 6-11-24
B4: Will The Far Right Take Over France w Cole Stangler - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 6-13-24
(1:24:12) SECTION C: THE PLAYBOOK AND MESSAGING OF THE FAR RIGHT
C1: Is Italy's government allowing the past to live on - BBC News - Air Date 6-4-24
C2: Does the economy matter to the far right Part 2 - Business Beyond - Air Date 5-31-24
C3: What is behind the rise of the far-right in Europe Part 3 - Al Jazeera English - Air Date 6-11-24
SHOW IMAGE:
Description: Photo of European Parliament off-center, shifted right.
Credit: “European Parliament Strasbourg Hemicycle” by Diliff, Wikimedia | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 | Cropped
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