The French and Italian extreme right parties - Front National (FN) and Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) - seem to belong to two different traditions of contemporary right radicalism. The analysis of survey data from both parties' middle level elites , dealing with the level of political experience, the degree of integration/alienation vis-à-vis the political system and the value system confirms that the FN and the MSI do indeed belong to two different types of the extreme right class.
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