Xenophobia in 2020 Europe – A View on Xenophobic Political Parties

The article focuses on the presence of xenophobia in the public communication of European political parties after the 2019 European elections, as well as offers a set of tools for its objective exploration.
The questions answered by the research stem from the reassuring statement that European xenophobia is far from being as worrying as the Eurobarometer and national election results would suggest. According to the tested hypothesis, new tools may lead to different conclusions.
This set of tools consists of: a) xenophobia, which is designed for public communication; b) a matrix, which provides a comprehensive picture of this social phenomenon; c) tools for describing, evaluating and ranking xenophobic political parties.
We believe that they are able to provide a more accurate image of xenophobia and provide a stronger foundation for the struggle against it in the political and communications spheres. They are an attempt to innovate research methods.
Applying these tools would ideally lead to a reduction in xenophobia supported by political parties in the EU; however, concerns about smaller parliamentary xenophobic parties should not be dismissed.