Trump fans the hopes of right-wing parties around the globe

OXON HILL, MARYLAND - FEBRUARY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd while arriving at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center on February 22, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The annual four-day gathering brings together conservative U.S. lawmakers, international leaders, media personalities and businessmen to discuss and champion conservative ideas. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

The CPAC this year featured participants from nearly 20 countries.

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Bhagyashree Garekar

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NATIONAL HARBOUR, Maryland - A mixture of economic discontent and cultural angst is moving politics to the right from North America to Europe and Latin America.

The gains

made by Alternative for Germany in the Feb 23 parliamentary elections

are the latest example of the shift. Though shut out of joining any coalition government, the party won more than 20 per cent of the vote, doubling its share from the previous polls.

Trump fans the hopes of right-wing parties around the globe

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