He didn't need to spell it out: liberals are gripped by fear that the wave of anti-immigrant populism will sweep through France in next year's presidential elections to hand the far-right victory. But before 2017 has even started, there is unfinished business for 2016: next weekend's Austrian presidential election, in which the anti-immigration candidate Norbert Hofer has the lead. JUST WATCHED Nigel Farage: Donald Trump should focus on issues Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Nigel Farage: Donald Trump should focus on issues 00:54Farage talks a good psychological game. Of course no one would rule it out, but it helps Farage's cause to talk it up. It is one thing for Trump, Farage, Le Pen and Hofer to try to fix a narrative which fuels anti-immigrant sentiment and normalises far-right populism; it is quite another for the left to go along with it.

Source: CNN November 25, 2016 20:14 UTC