Central Europe is just expressing itself

Parliamentary elections in Austria last Sunday have confirmed the trend we are seeing in many parts of Europe pointing to a strengthening of the nationalist right wing.

This observation is driven mainly by the fact that the leader of the Austrian conservative party, Sebastian Kurz, shifted so much further to the right over the issue of the migration crisis that his rhetoric on the topic became similar to that of Heinz-Christian Strache's Freedom Party.

There was a similar development just a few months ago in the Netherlands, yet the political "damage" there has not been irreversible, as some had argued.

These are simplifications and generalizations, tools that have always been used by leftists and liberals to compose a narrative that negates reality.

If we want to understand what is happening in Austria and other parts of Europe, we need to examine the...