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Many overestimate the appeal of anti-democratic, far-right parties and politicians, and underestimate the clout of democratic, centrist parties and politicians

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It's not voters who abandon the political centre, but politicians

In Austria, the far-right FPÖ party won the elections last Sunday. Party leader Herbert Kickl, a pro-Russian conspiracy theorist who has vowed to become a ‘Volkskanzler’ [People's Chancellor] like Hitler once wa...

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Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe columnist and correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece is adapted from a recent column for De Standaard.

Many overestimate the appeal of anti-democratic, far-right parties and politicians, and underestimate the clout of democratic, centrist parties and politicians

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Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe columnist and correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece is adapted from a recent column for De Standaard.

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