Right-wing populism is a political ideology that rejects the political establishment and often combines laissez-faire, ethnocentrism, and anti-elitism. Neo-nationalism is the most common variety of right-wing populism. The ideology is considered "populism" because of its appeal to the "common man" against the elites, and it is also associated with nativism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, nationalism, anti-globalization, and protectionism. From the 1990s, right-wing populist parties became popular in Canada, Norway, France, Israel, Poland, Russia, Romania, and Chile, while the parties entered coalition governments in Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Italy, Israel, and Poland. Several right-wing populist parties have their roots in conservatism (from which it has since deviated) or even fascist movements (such as Interwar Years fascist movements in Germany, Italy, Hungary, Spain, and Japan). Since the early 2010s, the National Front in France, Lega Nord in Italy, the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands, and the Reform UK Party in the United Kingdom have grown in popularity in Europe due to their opposition to Muslim immigration. Republican Party candidate Donald Trump's surprise victories in the 2016 and 2024 United States presidential election were also major victories for right-wing populism.
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