The political landscape of european politics is changing and changing quite quickly. For a long time european countries especially those belonging to the EU have been a symbol of free market capitalism mixed other socialist social and economic policy. In some countries these polices have been quite successful in states such as Finland and Norway. One of the social policies that european governments had adopted was one of open immigration. Unfortunately  many of these socialistic programs have crippled many of the countries economies and caused much social unrest. This has lead to far right movement in many countries, this movement is not to be taken lightly because in some countries such as France the far right party could soon be the majority.

The far right movement is growing and growing fast, In Britain UKIP won the majority in the MEP elections, yes MEP elections are not nearly as important as MP elections but it still shows a trend none the less. The Progress party of Norway rotates between the second and third largest party in Norway on a very anti  immigrant rhetoric. Many other parties such as the Swedish Democrats, True Finns, and National Front of France are all becoming ever increasingly popular but why?

The global recession hit the world hard and especially Europe. Many people of Europe especially lower classed individuals blame the EU and global capitalism for there struggles. They also blame the influx of immigrants from Africa and the Middle East for taking there jobs and just taking free handouts from the socialist state. Also some european countries had too big of a welfare state to begin with. In many southern european nations once someone is hired it is very hard for them to get fired no matter how little they work. In some countries as soon as you are hired you get a guaranteed 6 weeks paid vacation. Most countries cannot afford this for all there citizens. So you can see that the far right movements in Europe are growing but not all for the same reason. There are parties like UKIP that encourage capitalism but don't want to be part of the EU or have nearly as many immigrants. The Progress party in Norway still likes and believes they can still afford all the social benefits as long as they don't let in any immigrants. Jobbik from Hungary blames global capitalism and zionism for Hungary's problems and want to go to a closed economy.  

Europe's political landscape is definitely moving right even if countries like Spain and Greece are moving to the left. With countries like Spain and Ukraine having rebellious regions calling for autonomy who knows what the map of Europe will look like in a couple of years. Who knows which countries will still be in the EU if the EU even exists anymore.