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The right-wing extremist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) under Herbert Kickl received 29% of the vote and was elected by 1.4 million, almost twice as many voters as five years ago. This is the best result for the FPÖ since its founding in 1955; in 2019, it was 770,000. Compared to the last (…)
There were few surprises in the German state of Thuringia’s regional elections last Sunday. Polling had long suggested that the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), which already scored 23.4% five years ago, was well-positioned to take first place, and that Die Linke, the party of (…)
Every February, the past reemerges out of the everyday worries of Bulgarian society. Emotions run high amidst the Day of Remembrance and Respect to the Victims of the Bulgarian Communist regime, the annual commemoration of Vasil Levski, the national hero hanged by the Ottomans on 18 February (…)
For the past several weeks, one of Germany’s most hotly discussed issues is whether Sahra Wagenknecht’s new political party – the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice (BSW) – is a left-authoritarian party or right-wing populist party. Some people have suggested that Sahra (…)
Paul Lynch’s Booker Prize-winning novel is set in a near-future Ireland, where the “National Party” has been elected into power and steadily turns up the heat to a boiling point of murderous, full-bore fascism.
By the time Eilish — an intelligent, accomplished mother and professional — (…)
To the right of Matteo Salvini’s League and Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni’s party), the political landscape is populated by small, openly fascist organizations that are highly aggressive towards migrants, LGBTI minorities, social centre activists and left-wing activists. (…)
At a secret meeting between members of the far-right “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) party and fascists from the “identitarian movement”, their plans for “remigration” were discussed. The fascists want to force millions of migrants (including German nationals) to emigrate, if necessary by force. (…)
The German charity “Bridge of Peace - Assistance to War Victims,” which claims to be against fascism, is providing supplies to the Russian military disguised as humanitarian aid. This effort involves collaboration with SERB, a group associated with the Russian Interior Ministry, known for (…)
The popular Visegrád 24 Twitter account pretends to be a news agency, but just repackages material with a conservative spin
The Visegrád 24 Twitter account has rapidly grown in popularity, but their motivation and funding are far from transparent. While capitalising on Western support for (…)
A group touting revisionist visions of German history wanted to install minor aristocrat Heinrich XIII as German leader.
Police have arrested 25 people accused of planning to overthrow the German government in a series of raids across the country.
The group is accused of trying to instate (…)
In recent months the rise of the far Right has made the front page of the political pages of European newspapers, following the victory of Right/far Right coalitions in the last legislative elections in Sweden and Italy.
Sweden is an exemplary country for social democracy, which has dominated (…)
Two years after the conviction of the Nazis of Chryssi Avgi (Golden Dawn), their appeal trial is an opportunity to extend the anti-fascist mobilisation.
The trial, which began in July and could lead to an extension of the sentences from 2020, has become more serious, with provocations by (…)
The uneasiness and disorientation that can seize the observer in the face of the various crises (economic, political, cultural, social and moral) that Italian society has been going through for the last thirty years are multiplied tenfold by the feeling that the horizon is moving away, while (…)
In the recent Hungarian general election in April 2022, the ruling coalition, composed of Prime Minister Victor Orban’s Fidesz and the Christian Democratic People’s Party, won 50% of the vote. Another far-right, neo-Nazi party, the Our Homeland Movement, won 5%. What characterizes these parties (…)
Many influential European ultra-conservatives share an ideological alignment with Moscow – particularly on the rights of women and LGBTIQ people
That Russia serves as a reliable cash machine for Europe’s far-Right political forces has long been an open secret.
Back in 2014, for example, (…)
Given Putin’s style of aggression against Ukraine, it is not surprising that he has long been backing extreme right wing parties
He supports, for example: France’s National Rally, who used to be known as the National Front; Germany’s neo-Nazi National Democratic Party, whose early leaders (…)
This is an overview of the initial reactions of some European far-right voices on the Ukraine war as expressed in a sitting of the European Parliament (EP) on 1 March 2022, which opened with a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The parliamentary agenda and later outcome was a (…)
One of the Kremlin’s declared goals in attacking Ukraine is the “denazification” of that country. According to the official version, the Ukrainian authorities have been under the influence of neo-Nazis for the past few years. Meanwhile, since the annexation of Crimea, the Moscow government has (…)
The Ordo Iuris Institute, which opposes women’s and LGBT rights and wants to ban abortion, is in the headlines again – but for all the wrong reasons
Organisations that oppose reproductive justice and women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, as well as gender studies and anti-discriminatory legislation – (…)
openDemocracy told the European Parliament how cash from the US Christian Right is funding movements against women’s and LGBTQ rights
Those seeking to block or roll back women’s and LGBTIQ rights are transnational, coordinated, organised and incredibly wealthy, openDemocracy today told the (…)
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