For the most part, people are rational when the electricity is on, they've got running water and utilities, and the television is on. It takes something rather serious to prompt them to act in a seriously irrational manner. When far-right parties were elected in Europe in the 1930s, it was in response to the global depression that, to them, had no end in sight. Fascist and other far-right movements promised action, and so they were voted into power over their anemic predecessors.
Now again, we are seeing a right-wing resurgence in some parts of Europe; not a major one, perhaps, but certainly one to take note of and watch. This stuff doesn't just happen spontaneously, it happens because it has been prompted in some way. The huge influx of immigrants is always a strain on any country, and a significant influx that refuses to respect the laws of that country is even worse. These immigrants bring with them a culture that is antagonistic to the native European one, they refuse to respect the norms and the laws, and they seek to impose their own unwelcome brand on this nation they have taken up as their new home.
Europe is not Eurabia, to be frank. Diversity is all well and good until it tries to supplant that which is native with that which is foreign, like a cancer. Paul Rusco speaks of "light" and "heavy," and I couldn't agree more. I'm all for integration of "light" cultural norms, which don't do any overt harm, but the "heavy" form should not be tolerated whatsoever. The problem is that many immigrants are unwilling to compromise, despite the fact that it is they who immigrated.
Europeans are getting fed up with this hogwash, and rightfully so. These right-wing groups are being elected into power for a reason.