 Right-wing populism in the United States is also closely linked to paleoconservatism.Since the Great Recession, European right-wing populist movements such as the National Rally (formerly the "National Front") in France, the League in Italy, the Party for Freedom and the Forum for Democracy in the Netherlands, the Finns Party, the Sweden Democrats, Danish People's Party, the Freedom Party of Austria, the UK Independence Party and the Brexit Party began to grow in popularity, in large part due to increasing opposition to immigration from the Middle East and Africa, rising Euroscepticism and discontent with the economic policies of the European Union.U.S.