| | Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe |
 | | At national level, the political response should be aimed at depriving extremist parties of their electoral support by addressing the social and economic issues, such as unemployment, immigration and security that these parties capitalise on and by developing policies of education to democratic citizenship based on the rights and responsibilities of the citizens. |
 | | The spectacular growth in nationalist-populist parties in the nineties was made possible by an ideological renewal that had become necessary because of the discredit into which movements claiming to be in the tradition of fascism or authoritarian regimes (Franco, Salazar, Greek military dictatorship), to say nothing of national-socialism, had fallen since 1945. |
 | | Extremist parties prosper during periods of economic and social uncertainty, finding an audience amongst several sectors of the population, especially those who are or fear to be directly concerned by the economic difficulties. |
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