Huge numbers of Britons would support an anti-immigration English nationalist party if it was not associated with violence and fascist imagery, according to the largest survey into identity and extremism conducted in the UK.A Populus poll found that 48% of the population would consider supporting a new anti-immigration party committed to challenging Islamist extremism, and would support policies to make it statutory for all public buildings to fly the flag of St George or the union flag.
The poll suggests that the level of backing for a far-right party could equal or even outstrip that in countries such as France, the Netherlands and Austria. France's National Front party hopes to secure 20% in the first round of the presidential vote next year. The Dutch anti-Islam party led by Geert Wilders attracted 15.5% of the vote in last year's parliamentary elections.
EU-Digest: the presently "faceless" European Commission is largely to blame for this kind of self centered attitude in some, if not most of the EU member states. By not showing face or just providing lip service to various issues of direct interest to all citizens in the EU it has become an abstract and costly bystander instead of being seen as a unifying force. EU citizens can be made to feel proud about their union, not only by telling them what the economic benefits are, but also if they see their representatives in Bruxelles tackling "real issues" instead of agreeing to everything the "big brother" across the Atlantic tells them to. In other words "Nationalism on a Pan-European scale" is required to unify the citizens of the EU.
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