Local elections in France and Germany see big gains for anti-immigration populist right | Eastern NC Now

France's populist nationalist anti-immigration National Rally, led by Marine LePen has been leading for months in the polls for the next presidential election, both leading in the first round and winning the runoff.  Municipal elections across France Sunday saw them make big  gains, emphasizing that surge. with the party making major gains.

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/marine-le-pen-national-rally-surges-in-french-local-elections-france-franck-allisio/

In neighboring Germany, the populist nationalist anti-immigration Alternativ fur Deutschland has been leading in national polls for months, and just doubled its state parliament seats and vote share in the important state of Baden-Wurttemberg.  Now local government elections in the western state of Hessn have also shown major gains.  Party list results show the AfD tripling its vote share in rural areas and doubling it in major cities.

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/local-elections-in-hesse-germany-spectacular-afd-gains-national-conservatives/

The election in Hesse was for local mayors and councillors.  The next state to elect a state landtag (parliament) will be Rheinland Palitanate on March 22, where polls also show AfD making major gains.

Both AfD and the National Rally are calling for mass deportation of illegal aliens.

Illustrating the illegal immigration problem. German officials have revealed that two thirds of the "asylum seekers" arriving in Germany have no identity documents.  That in spite of German law requiring them to produce such documents to apply for asylum.

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/germany-two-thirds-asylum-seekers-undocumented/