The leaders of the most successful populist radical right(民粹激进右翼) parties in western Europe have one thing in common that is often overlooked(被忽视的). Italy’s Matteo Salvini, Jordan Bardella from France, Jimmie Åkesson from the Sweden Democrats(瑞典民主党), and Tom Van Grieken from Belgium’s Vlaams Belang(比利时弗拉芒利益党) all led the youth wing(青年翼) of the parties they now run. These movements shaped the politicians they are today, and they are now shaping Europe’s political future.(这些运动塑造了他们今天的政治面貌，而他们如今又在塑造欧洲的政治未来。)
西欧那些最成功的民粹激进右翼政党，其领导人有一个常被忽视的共同点：意大利的马泰奥·萨尔维尼、法国的乔丹·巴尔德拉、瑞典民主党的吉米·奥克松，以及比利时弗拉芒利益的汤姆·范格里肯，都曾执掌他们如今所领导政党的青年翼。这些青年运动塑造了他们今天的政治面貌，而他们如今又在塑造欧洲的政治未来。
As Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, another former radical right youth-wing leader, put it(如此表述、这样说): “Even more than my growth as a politician, I owe my growth as a person and as an Italian to my youth-wing activism(活动参与、积极行动). There is no more formative training ground(塑造人的锻炼场) than this.” And yet, until recently, we knew little about these incubation chambers(孵化器、培育温床) of populist radical right parties.
意大利总理焦尔贾·梅洛尼也是一位激进右翼青年翼出身的人物，她这样说道：“比起作为政治人物的成长，我更要把自己作为一个人、作为一个意大利人的成长，归功于青年翼的活动。再没有比这更好的锻炼场了。”然而直到不久之前，我们对这些民粹激进右翼政党的“孵化器”仍知之甚少。
In researching our new book, Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right, we looked at 10 such organisations from across Europe. From the youth wing of Austria’s Freedom party to that of France’s National Rally(法国国民联盟), we found they help to recruit, train and promote the radical right’s grassroots(基层的、草根的) members, their representatives and leaders of the future. They also perform important functions for their parties in the present, encouraging young people to vote for them, providing a key source of labour during election campaigns, running party branches and influencing policy.(它们在当下也为本党发挥着重要作用：鼓励年轻人投票支持本党，在竞选期间提供关键的人力，运营党的分支机构，并影响政策。)
为撰写新书《民粹激进右翼的青年翼》，我们考察了欧洲各地十个此类组织。从奥地利自由党的青年翼到法国国民联盟的青年翼，我们发现它们帮助激进右翼招募、培训并提拔基层成员、代表以及未来的领袖。它们在当下也为本党发挥着重要作用：鼓励年轻人投票支持本党，在竞选期间提供关键的人力，运营党的分支机构，并影响政策。