{UAH} Jeremy Corbyn: EU support for austerity opens door to far right
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Jeremy Corbyn urged Europe's Socialists Friday to challenge the political establishment and team up with like-minded leftists to check the rise of "fake" right-wing populists.
"EU support for austerity and failed neoliberal policies have caused serious hardship for working people across Europe," Corbyn said in a speech to the annual congress of the Party of European Socialists in Lisbon. It had "damaged the credibility of European social democratic parties and played a significant role in the vote for Brexit."
He added that Europe must come together to fight against the rise of right-wing and neoliberal policies. Failing to do so "will smooth the path to power of the fake populists," Corbyn said in a speech to the annual congress of the Party of European Socialists in Lisbon.
"The stakes could not be higher. If we cannot rise to the task, then we will smooth the path to power of the fake populists," Mr Corbyn said.
"The far-right feeds on fears fuelled by falling living standards, damaged communities, insecure work and underfunded public services. It diverts the blame away from the powerful few responsible for economic and social failure and on to minorities.
Mr Corbyn added:
"INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION WE ARE INTERNATIONALISTS TO OUR VERY CORE."
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