Almost one quarter of European voters now back parties labelled “far-right” by a partisan research network that has repeatedly been criticised for weaponising the term.
According to a new report tracking election results across Europe, the share of voters supporting national conservative parties has increased nearly fivefold since the mid-1990s, with particularly rapid growth over the past three years. The findings were enthusiastically reported by the UK’s left-wing Guardian newspaper, which also happens to be a partner organisation of the researchers behind the study.
