Cosa sta succedendo davvero nel centrodestra europeo

Su Politico Europe Liam Hoare scrive: «Austria is sleepwalking toward a far-right victory. It was in mid-November 2022 that the FPÖ first overtook the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) to assume a lead in the polls. And by October last year, the far-right was regularly polling at 30 percent. Considering the FPÖ was down in fourth place with only 11 percent of the electorate’s support during the first wave of Covid-19, bruised as it was by scandal, splits and electoral defeat, this turnaround has been faster than the party – let alone the country – thought possible. The FPÖ has benefited from a specific set of political circumstances, which have allowed the party to construct a strong coalition of voters by taking a series of obstinate minority positions. This began during the pandemic, with the party opposing Covid-19 countermeasures and taking a skeptical position on vaccines. So, when the government’s failure to introduce a vaccine mandate in the winter of 2021-2022 ignited pr...