But these facts do not count when wages are stagnating (as in the UK) or unemployment continues to rise (as in France). Populists can easily project these problems onto “Europe,” which in this case merely represents fear of the outside world in general.
两国的民粹主义者成功地用无关痛痒的问题进行选战宣传。所有可见研究都表明，“福利旅游”（welfare tourism）只是个别现象，总体而言移民涌入有利于经济增长。但这些事实抵不过工资停滞（英国）和失业继续攀升（法国）。民粹主义者轻松地将这些问题引导到“欧洲”身上，但这其实只能表明他们对外部世界的恐惧。