Right-wing populists and the EU | DW Documentary

2019 looks to be a good year for right-wing populists in Europe. Be it Italy, France, Hungary, Poland or Germany, many European countries are experiencing a shift to the right. Right-wing populists are expected to make significant gains in the European Parliament elections this spring. Right-leaning party representatives have an agenda: they want to dismantle to the European Union. Guido Reil of Germany’s AfD party believes the best way to do that is by going to Brussels. “It is easier to destroy something from the inside than from the outside.“ Joseph Sauvage, a cafe owner in Denain in northern France, backs Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National party, because he doesn’t want to see people in Denain abandoned. “When the factories closed, the small shops closed. There is nothing here, economically speaking. No work. It’s also changed politically. It used to be communist. But that changed with the end of opportunities for the working class.“ His view of migration has also