The rightward shift is also influencing the traditional center-right parties to adopt more extreme anti-immigration, anti-trade, and anti-environment positions due to pressure from ultra-nationalist demagogues and populist-nationalists.
Europe, especially Germany, is facing near-zero growth and stagnation in living standards, leading to a division between optimists and a growing pessimistic majority who perceive life as a zero-sum game.
Many Europeans are pessimistic about their prospects, with only 26% of the largest Western European countries believing that their generation will fare better than their parents.
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