As an American that views all governments as illegitimate and believes in human liberty it is hard for me to listen to any news from Europe and believe it at face value. Any political movement to the right of Bill Clinton is called far right or worse. It seems to me that many European countries are slowly rolling into left-wing authoritarianism. Obviously there are nationalists movements gaining ground that are not from the left and this is further evidence of how far left the culture has moved. How tired many Europeans are of the EU and its policies. All that said, its hard for me to think I actually understand what is going on when I get the feeling I'm being BS'd all the time by the European establishment. Much like the US establishment they have lost all credibility.