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Sorry if that was not clear in my messages. It's not binary and exclusive. The values are commonly associated with far-right. That doesn't mean each value is exclusive to far-right. It doesn't mean a far-right party cannot deny part of them or accept any other values.

As with every definition there is a grey area and when a party is labelled as far-right it means that it ticks many boxes that put it in this category. Of course, people can disagree, argue on positions, that's politics.

> Closing the borders has nothing to do with libertarian economics or protectionism.

On that specific point, I was thinking about economical protectionism than physically closing border.

> populist [...] is not a right wing position.

True, it's usually associated with far-right or far-left rather than regular party.



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