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Germany

Germany bans neo-Nazi group in 'clear message against anti-Semitism'

"Right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism have no place in our society," Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said as he banned the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Germany.

Croatia

Croatia goes to the polls in tight presidential election

Kolinda Grabar- Kitarovic is looking to win a second term in office as she faces challengers from the right and the left

France

Far-right royalists claim responsibility for violent rampage in France

Sunday's chaos followed a rally of royalists held to commemorate a murderous episode of the Vendée War in 1793.

My Europe Series

Far right Vox party strikes a chord with disenchanted Spaniards

The city of Parla, south of Madrid, is a traditional left wing stronghold. Vox champions national unity while promising to halt illegal immigration and political corruption. Here that message struck a chord.

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Germany

German far-right AfD party elects new leader backed by radical wing

The far-right Alternative for Germany on Saturday elected a decorator from the east backed by a radical wing within the party as one of two co-leaders.

Italy

Mafia crook among 19 suspects in plot to form Italian Nazi party

Italian police carried out a number of raids on Thursday as part of a two-year investigation into far-right extremists suspected of planning a new Nazi party in Italy.

Spain

Activist confronts Spanish far-right on gender violence declaration

On Monday, Vox refused to sign a declaration presented by Madrid's city council condemning violence against women.

Germany

Far-right rally in Hannover met by huge counter-protest

As many as 7,000 people turned out Hannover, Germany on Saturday to protest against a rally by the extreme-right NPD.

Austria

Probe into Austrian far-right party finds gold hidden in Alpine hotel

Investigators probing Austria’s far-right FPÖ found gold bars hidden in a hotel in the Tyrolean Alps, which the party insists was an investment.

World News

Far-right terrorism on the rise, bucking global terror trends

Whilst still only a fraction of global terror deaths are attributed to the far-right, it is a growing menace in the west, rising 320% in the last five years.

My Europe Series

COMMISSION IMPOSSIBLE

In our State of the Union this week, we report that Hungary and the UK are the two outstanding countries with no confirmed EU commissioner. Meanwhile in Spain, political negotiations continue aimed at forming a government. Talks follow last Sundays inconclusive election result.

Germany

Dresden declares 'Nazi emergency' over far-right threat

The German city has seen the rise of extremism in recent years and was the birthplace of Pegida.

Germany

'We must protect Jewish life' says German president after attack

A gunman livestreamed an anti-Semitic attack outside a German synagogue on Wednesday, leaving two people dead.

World News

Euroviews. It’s time to end the guilt-tripping. Europe’s values do need protecting ǀ View

‘This Shameful Europe’ by the editor of Mediapart, Edwy Plenel [...] is a crisp representation of how a one-sided view of the EU was imposed over the last 30 years; how it failed the expectations of citizens from most walks of life and led to the growth of support to the Far-Right parties.

Belgium

Commissioner for 'European way of life' attracts criticism from MEPs

The nomination of a commissioner to "protect the European way of life" has been criticised for the inclusion of migration in the role's brief

Europe Decoded

Facebook closes accounts of Italian neo-fascist groups | #TheCube

"Political parties and candidates, like all individuals and organizations on Facebook and Instagram, must adhere to our rules, regardless of their ideology."

World News

Euroviews. Ashura reminds us that Islam is an integral part of the Abrahamic tradition ǀ View

Many of the events that unite Judaism, Christianity and Islam are eclipsed by divisive or even downright racist rhetoric pushed out by the far-right. First amongst these events is Ashura, which falls today.

Germany

Euroviews. The EU’s Far Right surge is unstoppable if we don’t transform how our democracies work ǀ View

Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, could well be the first major industrial power to fall in a global recession, triggering a Far Right victory that could have a domino effect across the EU.

Germany

German far-right invokes 1989 spirit to woo voters in the east

In the eastern states of Saxony and Brandenburg, three decades after the country's reunification, many voters still feel left behind – and the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is invoking the spirit of the 1989 revolution to try to win them over.

France

Far-right trio jailed for anti-migrant helicopter operation

Three far-right activists with Generation Identitaire — Generation Identity — have been jailed for six months for intercepting migrants in the Alps.