What is REALLY Going On When Fringe Groups Surge in Europe?

Is Europe Falling Apart? (Henry Grabar) from Salon
"Elections last weekend sent tremors through Europe as fringe groups dominated the polls. Here's what it means. ... Anti-immigrant, anti-globalization parties in the core states of the European Union owe their popularity to voters in the hinterland and around the cities that globalization has left behind. As the Economist stated this week, “they rarely thrive in large cities. In provincial towns, villages and suburbs around the continent, people whose jobs and livelihoods have been disrupted by immigration, outsourcing and automation no longer fit into the same social democratic ‘big tent’ as urban professionals, ethnic minority voters, students and public-sector workers.”