Italy Right-wing coalition on course to win Italy election, says study The conservative bloc includes Giorgia Meloni's far-right Fratelli d'Italia, Matteo Salvini's right-wing League, Silvio Berlusconi's conservative Forza Italia and several minor centrist allies. 10/08/2022
world news Outrage as Orban bashes Europe for 'mixing with non-Europeans' Hungary's prime minister sparked a public outcry after he criticised Western Europeans for "mixing with non-Europeans". 24/07/2022
Germany Ex-German soldier jailed for planning attack posed as Syrian refugee Prosecutors had described him as a "far-right terrorist" who had been inspired by extremist ideologies "for several years". 15/07/2022
Germany Top German court sides with far-right AfD over Angela Merkel comments Merkel was found to have violated the far-right party's right to equal political opportunities by criticising them during a state visit to South Africa. 15/06/2022
Europe News New EPP president Manfred Weber promises to win back voters trust Europe's biggest political group suffered a series of election loses across the continent over the past year. 01/06/2022
world news 'Extremist' audio clips removed from SoundCloud in Europol operation The illegal files included jihadist chants and audio clips that promoted right-wing extremist groups. 20/05/2022
Sweden Dozens arrested after days of far-right clashes across Sweden Unrest broke out after demonstrators threatened to burn copies of the Qur’an. 18/04/2022
Uncovering Europe What exactly is Marine Le Pen's stance on Russia and Vladimir Putin? The far-right challenger for the French presidency has openly expressed her admiration for the Russian leader in the past, and has consistently defended Moscow's foreign policy. 18/04/2022
France Thousands protest against far-right ahead of French presidential vote Saturday saw demonstrations across France a week before the election second round, as many made clear their determination to bar Marine Le Pen from power. 16/04/2022
Sweden Police injured at anti-far right protest at Örebro in central Sweden Trouble flared for the second consecutive day on the sidelines of a rally by the anti-immigration and anti-Islam movement led by Danish-Swedish citizen Rasmus Paludan. 16/04/2022
Germany Germany charges alleged neo-Nazi who tried to start 'race war' Police have also arrested four people for trying to cause a national blackout and kidnap the German health minister. 14/04/2022
no comment French elections: activists disrupt Marine Le Pen's press conference A member of the "Ibiza collective" was evacuated after disrupting Marine Le Pen's press conference in Paris by holding up a heart-shaped sign with a photo of the Rassemblement National candidate and Vladimir Putin. 14/04/2022
Russia Russian ultranationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies aged 75 The MP was known for making strong and outlandish statements that alarmed Western countries. 06/04/2022
Slovakia Slovakian far-right leader loses mandate as MP over neo-Nazi symbols Marian Kotleba will lose his parliament seat as an MP of the Our Slovakia People's Party. 05/04/2022
Spain Far-right Vox party enters regional government for the first time The populist party formed an alliance with the Popular Party to jointly govern in Castilla y León. 10/03/2022
no comment Italian right wing party leader confronted at Polish border The mayor of a Polish town bordering Ukraine publicly called out the leader of Italy's right-wing League party for his pro-Kremlin views on Tuesday, derisively calling Matteo Salvini a "friend" of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 09/03/2022
France France: Far-right candidates clamour for support before April election At this stage, Marie Le Pen or Valerie Pecresse appear most likely to reach a runoff against Emmanuel Macron. 05/02/2022
Uncovering Europe Is Spain's far-right Vox Party about to govern for the first time? According to recent polls, the party could win ten seats in regional elections next month and get into power by joining a governing coalition. 24/01/2022
View Women leaders in Europe are always (from the) right | View Roberta Metsola's appointment to President of the European Parliament is the latest in a long-observed pattern. From Marine le Pen to Angela Merkel, why, asks College of Europe professor Costanza Hermanin, are female holders of real executive power always right-wing? 21/01/2022
Norway Norway mass killer poor candidate for prison release, prosecutor says A psychiatrist who has observed him since 2012 testified Wednesday that Breivik can't be trusted and a prison official told the judges hearing the parole request “there is an imminent danger” that, if released, Breivik would again commit serious crimes. 21/01/2022
Poland Far-right party banned from Facebook over alleged COVID disinformation "I believe that this decision sets a dangerous precedent," said Poland's secretary of state for cybersecurity. 06/01/2022
Netherlands Dutch MP ordered by court to delete COVID Holocaust tweets A judge said social media posts by far-right MP Thierry Baudet went beyond 'robust public debate' and 'instrumentalised human suffering in the Holocaust'. 16/12/2021
Europe News Far-right divisions on display after failure to form political group Leaders of European far-right and populist parties left their Warsaw summit with a statement pledging "closer cooperation" rather than the creation of a formal alliance. 06/12/2021
France Probe into violence at rally of far-right presidential hopeful Zemmour 60 people were arrested after violence erupted at far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour's first rally. 05/12/2021
world news Nationalists vow joint votes in European Parliament at Warsaw meeting While the Warsaw meeting fell short of creating the new alliance nationalist leaders were hoping for, Le Pen said it marked "a key step" toward closer cooperation. 04/12/2021
Hungary Will Viktor Orban unite Europe's radical right? Since Fidesz left the European parliament's EPP, Viktor Orban is single. Now he's looking to mingle. 30/11/2021
