# 'We're all in crisis': Populist far-right 'trend' sweeping across Europe

https://mins.news/en/item/48387

- France 24, 2026-09-07 12:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260907-we-re-all-in-crisis-populist-far-right-trend-sweeping-across-europe-1

> The AfD’s breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt is being presented as part of a broader transformation in European politics, rather than an isolated German electoral shock. Sylvie Bermann says Brexit and Donald Trump’s victories helped normalise positions once seen as outside the governing mainstream, while repeated economic and geopolitical crises have eroded trust in established parties.

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