WHEN THE MINORITY BECOMES THE MAJORITY. ANTI-IMMIGRANT PARTIES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEMS IN SELECTED COUNTRIES IN WESTERN EUROPE

Abstract

The article attempts to define the role of anti-immigrant parties in the political systems of countries in Western Europe, such as: The Great Britain, Germany and France. The author tries to answer the question, whether the far-right parties are a serious threat to democracy and governance. For this purpose, the author conducted an analysis of party programs, promoted ideas and rhetoric used by members of radical groups as: The British National Party (BNP), National demokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD) and The Front National (FN) in comparision with the policy of the ruling parties. Likewise the author tried to show some reasons of anti-immigrant extreme – right occurring in Western Europe and the scale of the problem that is the expansion of anti-immigrant groups. He stressed the need to break with the passivity against extreme – right and the need to take action against its activity.