National Populism in Europe

After the Great Recession of 2008, National Populism becomes a movement with significant political-electoral force in Europe, preaching nationalism through a populist anti-globalization discourse. In defending four common values of identity (hymn, flag, language, Christian religion), this movement opposes in a xenophobic way to immigrants and to everything that would jeopardize the national identity in each country. National Populism is against the Euro (common currency) and, therefore, defends the return of the national currency (the fifth common value that has been lost through monetary unification). The resumption of monetary sovereignty would be a return to the past to face the current situation of unemployment and deindustrialization. In the coming months, there will be elections in France and Germany, where these applications will jeopardize the continuity of economic globalization and the continuation of the European integration project with the common currency.