Mainstreaming Hardline Immigration Across Parties

A durable political consensus can form where center‑left and center‑right parties adopt stringent immigration controls formerly promoted by the far right, normalizing policies like zero‑asylum targets, restricted family reunification, and reduced welfare for non‑Western migrants. This creates a new policy norm that foreign observers (e.g., the U.K.) study and can be exported across democracies seeking 'order' politics. — If mainstream parties converge on hardline immigration, European electoral competition, minority integration, and international asylum norms will shift, affecting migration flows and domestic social cohesion.