There is nothing "shocking" about the rise of the right-wing in Europe. Racism, ethnonationalism, xenophobia, colonialism and other "traditional values" were always the pillars of the the european "civilization" and part of the "moral values" of many people living here.
Some of them just were distracted by their cozy lifestyles, big houses, shiny cars, expensive vacations. When they lose that due to inequality and austerity the polite masks just come off.