Those who back populist parties in compatriots Europe are generally more nativist populist than their compatriots % saying it is important to % saying it is important to have have been born here to truly our country's important family background
Asked if it is important to have been born within France’s borders to be truly French, 74% of National Front adherents say yes, compared with 42% of the rest of French adults. A similar divide exists in Germany, where those who have a favorable view of AfD (75%) say one must be born in Germany to truly share the national identity, while only 44% of other Germans voice such opinions.
Family ties to the homeland are also given primacy by those with favorable views of nationalist-populist parties. Roughly three-quarters of AfD backers (78%) and National Front supporters (73%), and more than half of PVV adherents (55%), believe it is important that people have family roots in their country to be truly German, French or Dutch. Roughly half or less of other French and Germans and only about a third of other Dutch adults agree.
Those who back populist parties in compatriots Europe are  | generally more nativist populist than their compatriots  | % saying it is important to  | % saying it is important to have  | have been born here to truly  | our country's important family background  | be one of us  | to truly be one of us  | Favorable  | Unfavorable view  | Favorable  | Unfavorable view  | Italy (Northern  | 76%  | Italy (Northern  | 86%  | League)  | League)  | 66%  | 72%  | 75  | 78  | Germany (AfD)  | Germany (AfD)  | 45  | 74  | 73  | France (FN)  | France (FN)  | 42  | 48  | Netherlands  | 55  | Netherlands  | 55  | (PW)  | (PW)  | 35  | 32  | Sweden  | Sweden  | 39  | 40  | (Sweden  | (Sweden  | 15  | 14  | Democrats)  | Democrats)  | Source: Survey conducted AprilAugust 2017 in 15 countries  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 