Since the Great Recession,[18][19][20] right-wing populist movements such as the National Front in France, the Northern League in Italy, the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands and the UK Independence Party began to grow in popularity,[21][22] in large part because of increasing opposition to immigration from the Middle East and Africa, rising Euroscepticism and discontent with the economic policies of the European Union.[23] U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 political views have been summarized by pundits as right-wing populist[24] and nationalist.[25][26]