The European Union: Jean-Yves Camus

Europe Dept: From Amsterdam to Athens, anti-establishment groups of the far right and hard left have stormed from obscurity by blaming the euro and the European Union for the crisis and rejecting either austerity or bailouts for debt-laden states, according to Montreal Gazette. "These people may not have taken power anywhere in Europe, or headed a government, but they have a real, profound impact by redefining the terms of the debate," said Jean-Yves Camus, a French political scientist who specializes in the extreme right and europe's ecoPnomic and debt crisis has boosted populist parties in many countries, making government harder, but political realities are catching up with the angry brigade. Some have hit an electoral ceiling, while others are on the way back down. Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who advocates leaving the euro and reversing immigration, and hardleftist Jean-Luc Melenchon, who rejects Europe's budget discipline pact, are set to win nearly one-third of the votes between them in the first round of France's presidential election on April 22. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.