The Wall Street Journal

Trump-style populism is rising in Europe

Trump-style populism is rising in Europe
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The Wall Street Journal
By Gerard BakerSomething is stirring in Europe. Its leaders continue to talk in private about Donald Trump with a mixture of contempt and fear while publicly feigning respect and deference. But the people they claim to lead are starting to sound more like the US president. European elites have worked hard to stamp out any sparks across the Atlantic from the Trumpian fire. But in Europe now it feels like the underbrush is smouldering.'Significant factor'In the UK, where the counterrevolution against globalism was launched with the B...

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