'We’re all in crisis': Populist far-right 'trend' sweeping across Europe

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 16:32 Issued on: 07/09/2026 - 14:41Modified: 07/09/2026 - 14:43 Annette Young is pleased to welcome our international affairs editor, Philip Turle, and Sylvie Bermann, France's first female ambassador to three member countries of the United Nations Security Council: China, the United Kingdom and Russia. The AfD’s breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt should be understood, according to Sylvie Bermann, as part of a wider transformation of European politics rather than as an isolated German electoral shock. Brexit and Donald Trump’s victories helped normalise political positions previously regarded as outside the governing mainstream, while successive economic and geopolitical crises have weakened confidence in established parties. Keywords for this article