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Originally Posted by Osem
It's ironic that a good many people who seem to be rather taken in by Corbyn's left wing vision for the UK wish to remain tethered to an increasingly right wing EU.  |
Disengaging from a continent that might be progressively more right wing has not been a winning strategy historically.
The picture is complicated though. Europe hasn't turned fascist. We've seen a swing to the right over the last five years but not a take-over. Le Pen made the final round in France but got comprehensively defeated by Macron. The AfD made bigger gains that they were expected to immediately before the election but not as much as people were worried about at the end of last year with Merkel winning despite the domestic problems she had. Whilst in Holland the far-right didn't make progress.
There are warning signs sure but it's not a collapse yet.
The hope for Europe as a whole is that with the recovery of the Eurozone and the improving situation in Syria that some pressure is released over the next few years.