MOSCOW (Sputnik), Alexander Mosesov — Right-wing parties from the United Kingdom to Hungary will see a boost in popularity amid the European crisis with migrants, the head of the UK Bruges Group think tank told Sputnik on Thursday.
"People are becoming concerned, this will add to those parties which are generally anti-immigrant, it will add to their support because people can see that this is not being handled properly at the EU level. We've seen that in various countries, not just with UKIP in the UK, in Hungary there's Jobbik extreme party which will benefit from that as no doubt will benefit the PEGIDA movement within Germany and of course the Front National in France," Robert Oulds said.
Oulds, who is also a member of the UK Conservative Party, added that "it's not just a right-wing issue" as many left parties in Europe are concerned as well.
The UK Independence Party (UKIP), which polled third in many constituencies in the May 7 general elections but landed only one out of the House of Commons' 650 seats, came to prominence for its Eurosceptic and uncompromising anti-immigration stance.
Marie Le Pen, with National Front's soaring popularity amid growing anti-immigration and Eurosceptic sentiment among the public, expects to have a strong showing at the 2017 presidential elections. The National Front received the second largest amount of votes in France's departmental elections in March.
