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In politics, '''right-wing''' historically referred to a society run by natural law or tradition. It currently can refer to a belief set made up of economic and social conservatism, and support for a strong military and an active foreign policy. The term, as well as left-wing come from the French Revolution, a reference to where people sat in parliament, although there was also a theory where the terms originated from the Book of Revelations relating to Jesus transfiguring those on his left side and right side into goats and sheep, respectively.
The term '''Rightist''' refers to someone on the 'right' side of the political spectrum. Politics on the 'right' usually imply taking positions in favor of the traditional system of a society, including its traditional values and its traditional ruling institutions. Compare: [[leftist]]. Following the left-right political spectrum, a "Right-Winger" could be referred to as anyone who favors having marginally more economic than personal liberties.
It is widely accepted, however, that there is not just one dimension of political thought, so that people can unambiguously be classified as 'right' or 'left'. Nonetheless, the [[political spectrum theory]] still has wide currency.
== Rise of right-wing parties in Europe ==
In the 21st century, [[right-wing]] [[nationalism|nationalist]] parties have been growing in Europe due to: the [[Eurozone Crisis]]; [[Euroskepticism]] (backlash to the increasingly centralized European Union and its [[globalist]]/[[open borders|open border]] policies); high youth unemployment in some European countries; low economic growth in various European countries; backlash to immigration and the [[European migrant crisis]]; a growing [[Islamic terrorism]] problem and growing levels of government debt in various European countries.<ref>[https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-the-rise-of-right-wing-populism-in-europe The rise of right-wing populism in Europe]</ref>
''The Guardian'' reported in 2015 that merely a one-third of European countries are ruled by center-left governments.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/datablog/2015/jun/22/third-eu-governed-by-centre-left-data Only a third of the EU is governed by the centre-left], The Guardian, 2015</ref>
In 2017, the ''New York Times'' reported that [[Italy]] is "one of the last major center-left governments standing in Europe."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/world/europe/italy-election-fake-news.html Italy, Bracing for Electoral Season of Fake News, Demands Facebook’s Help], New York Times, 2017</ref> In November of 2017, the ''Irish Times'' reported that "Italy takes sharp turn right ahead of general election",<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/italy-takes-sharp-turn-right-ahead-of-general-election-1.3294538 "Italy takes sharp turn right ahead of general election"], Irish Times, 2017</ref>
In August of 2017, the ''Express'' reported:
{{Cquote|Alessandra Ghisleri revealed a collection of right-wing parties now enjoy enough total support to win next year’s Italian election as a coalition.
She revealed the largest left-wing party, on the other hand, was struggling to reach 30 per cent approval, with the second-largest left-wing party in Italy on 29 per cent.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/836209/italy-eu-election-right-wing-surge-berlusconi ‘The Left is COLLAPSING!’ Right-wing parties SURGE in Italy as EU faces rise of populism], The Express, August of 2017</ref>}}