Survey the fractured political landscape of Europe's bigger countries and some similarities are easy to spot. In Germany, France and Britain right-wing insurgent parties are nipping at the heels of governments, denouncing them as has-beens trafficking in cant and doublespeak. They are riding high in polls and bewitching the media. Their prescriptions vary, but on matters such as immigration and membership of the euro and the European Union, they claim a unique ability to speak the unvarnished truth to voters jaded by the old politics. And although they focus more on national than on European politics, their strength is narrowing governments' policy options within the eu.
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