EUROPE’S POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE For the first time in Modern History, populist conservative parties are leading polls in all 3 of Europe’s biggest economies – the U.K., France, and Germany. In France, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and her protégé Jordan Bardella are comfortably ahead, poised to dominate the next presidential race. In the U.K., Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has surged past both Labour and the Conservatives, smashing the century-old political duopoly. In Germany, the AfD has overtaken Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU in National polls – and it’s not just an East German protest vote anymore, they’re pulling blue-collar support from the industrial heartland. The formula fueling all 3? Immigration + economic decline = voter revolt. Europe’s post-pandemic mix of record migration, inflation that never really went away, and stagnant growth has turned frustration into fury. This isn’t a fringe protest anymore – it’s the mainstream. Elites can dismiss it as “populism” all they want, but the numbers don’t lie. The continent that spent decades building the EU project is now staring at a political map where its three anchors could soon be led by parties that want to blow it up. The real question: is this a passing rebellion… or the new European order? Source: WSJ

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