Professor Pascal Perrineau from Sciences Po in Paris believes the fear of immigration is a fear that is linked to the loss of national identities.
However, while it may be easy for the far-right parties to incite hatred and win votes, governing a country and bridging differences is much more challenging.
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However, while it may be easy for the far-right parties to incite hatred and win votes, governing a country and bridging differences is much more challenging.
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00:00The fear of immigration is linked to the loss of national identity.
00:08A lot of public opinion, in France, in Austria, in the Netherlands, in Italy,
00:14have the impression that from the moment immigration becomes extremely important,
00:19and that it comes from countries far away from Europe,
00:23that this movement of immigration leads to a loss of their way of life,
00:28of what we call cultural identity, the impression that the old world is leaving,
00:34and that we have nothing left, that society is becoming more and more cosmopolitan.
00:39Basically, it's a movement of nostalgia.
00:42France is no longer the same as before, the Netherlands are no longer the same as before,
00:46Italy is no longer the same as before, and it's this feeling that an old world is dying
00:51that feeds hostility, sometimes, and sometimes even extremely vivid hostility to immigration.
01:01But if they do take power, a warning.
01:04That's where the difficulties really start.
01:07Because to govern, it's not enough to design emissary books.
01:12It's not enough to speak loudly and strongly.
01:15You need to have technical skills.
01:18You need the will to gather, and not to divide voters, one against the other.
01:25You have to try to be a diplomat, and not to manipulate resentment, anger, hatred.
01:32And so that's where the difficulties will start, because these populist leaders,
01:37they are possibly quite capable of winning elections,
01:40they are much less capable of governing.