Far right politics
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Germany: ‘Unworthy of a state ruled by law’
17 May 2013282PresseuropDer Tagesspiegel -
Germany: ‘Facade sustained’
7 May 2013292PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Germany: ‘The long road to truth’
6 May 2013301PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Greece: ‘Golden Dawn thrown out’
3 May 201314810PresseuropTa Nea -
Germany: ‘NSU trial postponed, court making a mockery of itself’
16 April 2013314PresseuropDie Welt -
Germany: ‘MPs put court under pressure’
12 April 20133524PresseuropDie Welt -
Debate: Grillo’s twist on European populism
4 March 201322417 De Morgen Brussels -
Austria: ‘Pröll’s newfound joy – Haider’s posthumous decline’
4 March 2013201PresseuropDie Presse -
The front page: 25 October 2012
25 October 201226PresseuropGazet van Antwerpen, I Kathimerini, Il Giornale & 4 others -
European Council: Parallel universes
19 October 201258 Basler Zeitung Basel -
Greece: “Slap in the face for democracy”
8 June 20126424PresseuropTo Ethnos, To Vima -
Xenophobia: Florence murders - crisis distills its poison
14 December 201130910 La Stampa Turin -
Extremism: Mad or just bad, Breivik is not a harbinger of things to come
1 December 2011PresseuropBlog -
Extremism: The internationalism of the new far-right
29 November 201127417 Aftonbladet Stockholm -
Germany: Neo-Nazis - just another Ossi story?
18 November 20113534 Der Freitag Berlin -
Debate: Look behind you, Lucas and Mario
15 November 201142510 Financial Times London -
Poland : Fear and loathing on November 11
10 November 20111713 Newsweek Polska Warsaw -
Debate: Human horror, in cold blood
1 August 20111051 Corriere della Sera Milan -
Editorial: A Norwegian lesson
29 July 2011651Presseurop -
Norway attack: A new face
28 July 201131 Al-Mustaqbal Beirut -
Norway and after: Populism – handle with care
26 July 20113156 Trouw Amsterdam -
Extremism: New far-right – the boy next door
26 July 20112462 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Norway attack: The monster is here
25 July 201133 Al Hayat London -
Norway: Anders Breivik – non-entity without a cause
25 July 20114038 The Daily Telegraph London -
Norway: Even Stieg Larsson failed to see it coming
25 July 20111134 Corriere della Sera Milan -
Norway: Dignity in the face of horror
25 July 20112762 Dagbladet Oslo -
Debate: Geert Wilders, a Voltaire for our times?
27 June 201130912 Trouw Amsterdam -
Denmark: Denmark debates the cost of immigrants
2 May 2011249PresseuropInformation -
Hungary: Roma hunting season set to continue
6 April 20113784 Le Monde Paris -
France: Far right breathes down Sarkozy’s neck
21 March 2011PresseuropLa Tribune -
Germany: Angela Merkel’s party minimises damage
21 March 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Immigration: Lampedusa protests Le Pen visit
15 March 2011PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Far right: Timo Soini, True Finn in sheep's clothing
10 March 2011153 Fokus Stockholm -
Sweden: Conservatives and Greens against far right
4 March 20111PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Germany: The Nazi next door
15 February 2011391 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
France: The far right with a human touch
14 January 2011701 Les Inrockuptibles Paris -
Editorial: Winter ceasefire
23 December 201016Presseurop -
Poland: Left and right scuffles on Independence Day
12 November 20101PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Xenophobia: What's gone wrong in Denmark?
11 November 20103733 Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurt -
Populism: The fear peddlers hobbling Europe
3 November 20101723 Libération Paris -
Czech Republic: No mercy for neo-Nazis
28 October 2010337 Respekt Prague -
Immigration: Europe's far from splendid isolation
19 October 20101112 El País Madrid -
Austria: Far right breakthrough in Vienna
11 October 20101PresseuropDie Presse -
Far Right: The fear factor
21 September 2010907 La Stampa Turin -
Sweden: Far right enters the Parliament
20 September 2010433 Presseurop -
Far-right: Who's afraid of fascists?
10 September 2010PresseuropBlog -
Denmark: Right wants monitors for Swedish poll
31 August 20101PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
FAR RIGHT IN EUROPE (7): The discreet power of Danish populists
18 May 2010921 De Groene Amsterdammer Amsterdam -
FAR RIGHT IN EUROPE (5): The Turk, Austria’s favorite whipping boy
6 April 2010482 Le Monde Paris -
FAR RIGHT IN EUROPE (4): Jobbik, riding a wave of disappointment
1 April 2010152 Komment.hu Budapest
The big winner in the Italian elections, Beppe Grillo, is often described as populist. But in Europe, this political category is somewhat blurred, covering quite a cross-section of movements, argues a Belgian historian. 
The murder of two Senegalese traders in Florence is the latest manifestation of an upsurge of hatred in Europe. With the Utøya massacre, the vehement reactions to the Greek crisis, British isolationism and the rise of the extreme right, this trend has many forms — all of them equally alarming. 
A new Europe threatens to emerge in the shadow of the crisis: a continent dominated by despondency and a defiance of politics that that has paved the way for a resurgence of nationalism and Islamophobia. These are much more serious dangers than national debt figures, writes Aftonbladet. 
Germany has been rocked by revelations that an east German neo-Nazi cell has been responsible for the deaths of nine immigrants over the last decade. An author decries enduring East-West divisions that highlight the failures of German unification. 
The arrival of technocratic governments in Greece and Italy may well calm jittery markets, but could also help boost populist political parties who point to the democratic deficit at the heart of the EU, argues Gideon Rachman. 
The annual Independence March organised in Warsaw on November 11 by right wing and nationalist groups is likely to grind to a halt this year. The left wing 11 November Coalition is urging its supporters to block the march, and confrontation seems unavoidable.
Beyond the political delusions that pushed Anders Breivik to assassinate more than 70 people, it is evil in it most imbecile form that was revealed by his actions, says Italian writer Claudio Magris.
Although Anders Breivik was solely responsible for the atrocities in Norway, his far-fetched ideas clearly owe much to a culture of populism. A Dutch historian argues that the events which took place on 22 July ought to be considered in the context of political trends in Europe.
In the wake of the Oslo bomb attack and massacre on Utøya island, attention is focused on far-right extremist groups proliferating on the web. But their members have little in common with traditional neo-nazis and extremist conservative movements. 
There is nothing in the mind of Norway’s mass killer that needs studying. Instead of rationalising his deeds, we'd do better to ignore his narcissism and puerile ideology, writes columnist and London's mayor Boris Johnson. 
Right up to the slaughter of 22 July, Norway was considered immunised against extremism. Lacking real political connections, a radical movement has nonetheless organised. And its extent remains unknown. 
At least 93 dead and 97 wounded: the dual attack perpetrated on 22 July by right-wing fundamentalist Anders Behring Breivik has shocked the people of Norway. In an editorial published in the wake of the carnage, the daily Dagbladet calls on the citizens of the country not to give in to fear or the temptation to impose a police state. 
Geert Wilders's acquittal on hate speech charges may open up a new trend in Europe. Now that governments have stopped defending multiculturalism, critics of Islam can come back out into the open, writes a Dutch intellectual pleased with the decision. 
At a time when the EU has called on member states to make greater efforts to integrate Roma living on their territories, Viktor Orbán’s government, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union, continues to turn a blind eye to the ongoing campaign to intimidate "Gypsy criminals" conducted by far-right Magyar groups. 
With two months left to run before general elections, the anti-immigration, eurosceptic populist leader is moving ahead in the polls. Taking advantage of a nice-guy image, Timo Soini could undermine Finland’s political establishment. 
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northern Germany right-wing extremists dominate entire villages. A few people go against the flow – and find the struggle a lonely one. 
After 38 years at the head of the head of France’s Front National, Jean-Marie Le Pen is hoping to pass on the party leadership to his daughter Marine. With an initiative that is in part a dynastic succession and partly a modernisation strategy similar to those deployed by far-right parties elsewhere in Europe, the FN is gearing up for presidential elections in 2012. 
The Danish parliament has recently toughened up laws regarding family reunification for immigrants. German daily Frankfurter Rundschau fears that this marks yet another step towards in an openly aggressive anti-immigrant policy, one which could spread throughout Europe. 
The new far right not only exerts a growing influence on national governments, it is also organising at a European level and could soon weigh heavily on the very workings of the EU, warns French columnist Bernard Guetta. 
A minimum of 22 years in prison for burning down a Roma family home… Respekt argues that the sentence meted out to four Czech arsonists will set an example in the national and European-wide drive to combat the extreme right. 
Five years after hundreds of migrants besieged the two Spanish enclaves in Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla remain symbols of the EU’s closed borders and closed minds, even of a global system of apartheid, say two academics. 
The Sweden Democrats’ breakthrough at the polls on 19 September is no anomaly: throughout northern European, in societies hitherto admired for their tolerance and cohesion, overtly xenophobic parties are now riding a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment. 
The centre-right coalition have made history by holding onto power in this weekend's election, but what no one saw coming was the emergence of the 'angry white men' of Sweden's far-right as serious players 
In less than a decade, the Danish People's Party has risen from the rank of a small movement to that of a fully accredited member of the political establishment. While it has always theoretically formed part of the opposition, it has nonetheless succeeded in exerting a growing influence on the government in Copenhagen, explains De Groene Amsterdammer.
In the prosperous Austrian state of Vorarlberg, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has harvested more than 20% of the vote by brandishing the spectre of "an invasion" of Turkish migrants who would threaten "the social peace." 
Having posted major gains in European elections last year, Gábor Vona's populist, xenophobic, anti-Rom party, Jobbik, may attract an even greater proportion of the vote in general elections scheduled for 11 and 25 April, which could enable it to play significant role in the formation Hungary's next government. - 1 of 2
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