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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Revealed: one in three Europeans now vote anti-establishment

Giorgia Meloni addressing an election rally in Ancona in August 2022
Italy’s far-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni addressing an election rally in Ancona in August 2022. Composite: Guardian Design/AP

Almost one-third of Europeans now vote for populist, far-right or far-left parties, research shows, with wide support for anti-establishment politics surging across the continent in an increasingly problematic challenge to the mainstream.

Analysis by more than 100 political scientists across 31 countries found that in national elections last year a record 32% of European voters cast their ballots for anti-establishment parties, compared with 20% in the early 2000s and 12% in the early 1990s.

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