Contemporary extreme-right, or radical-right, parties in Western Europe are commonly characterized as populist, nationalist, fascist, anti-system/anti-party sentiment, and those advocating anti-immigrant policies. None of these are essential however. The definition of extreme-right is hotly debated, although there is broad agreement on which parties are extreme-right. Major examples include the Freedom Party (Austria), National Front (France), Vlaams Blok (Belgium), Republikaner (Germany), the Danish and Norwegian Progress parties, Alleanza Nazionale (previously MSI) and Lega Nord (Italy), and in the UK the British National Party and National Front. Many of these parties saw a marked increase in their vote share in the 1980s and 1990s. In recent elections, the French, Italian, Austrian, and Flemish extreme-right have all consistently achieved more than 10 per cent of the vote.
— Stephen Fisher
