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Corruption probe a blow for far-right parties ahead of EU elections

Austria is bracing itself for fresh elections after a corruption scandal embroiling the far right brought down the coalition government. Secretly-filmed footage emerged over the weekend appearing to show the vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache dealing in corruption.

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Road Trip Day 45 Poznań: The youth flocking to Poland's far right

Euronews meets a group known as the All Polish Youth, an ultra-Catholic nationalist organisation using very modern means of communication to attract members.

World

Yuval Noah Harari talks politics, technology and migration

Historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari calls for global co-operation to stop Artificial Intelligence becoming as big a threat to humankind as climate change and nuclear war

Poland

Polish far-right protests against restitution of Jewish property

Polish far-right supporters protested against a US law that calls for the restitution of Jewish property.

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Euroviews. The two layers of Western society ǀ View

Should Western culture (its ways of life, its traditions as developed from the past) be central in the West?

Spain

Lord of the Rings star slams far-right party Vox over Aragorn tweet

Lord of the Rings actor Viggo Mortensen took up arms after Spanish far-right party Vox used the character of Aragorn in a promotional electoral campaign tweet.

Austria

Austrian far-right official steps down after Holocaust posting

Austrian far-right town official steps down after Holocaust posting

World News

France's Le Pen sees far right gaining strength in European elections

France's Marine Le Pen hopes her party will have more influence on the European agenda as far right parties are expected to make Euro election gains

Bulgaria

Watch: Marine Le Pen on Matteo Salvini: 'He is a man of great will'

Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen denied any rift with Italy's Matteo Salvini in an interview with Euronews.

World News

Le Pen among European far right leaders uniting for Euro elections

France's Marine Le Pen is in Bulgaria to meet with the leaders of the European far right, who attempt to unite ahead of European Parliament elections

Hungary

Hungary PM seeks immigration cooperation with Italy's Salvini

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who leads the far-right League party in his home country, met Hungary's leader Viktor Orban on Thursday for talks dominated by immigration and political alliances ahead of EU elections later this month.

Spain

Divided Spain votes in election that could boost far-right

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez fears that the right wing, led by Pablo Casados's People's party, will form a winning coalition with the far-right Vox party.

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Facebook bans 12 UK far-right groups

Social media giant Facebook has banned 12 UK far-right groups from using its platforms because it says they "spread hate"

Spain

Spain’s far-right Vox party barred from TV election debate

The country’s electoral commission says the party that achieved a breakthrough in Andalusia lacks representation at national level.

Europe News

France's Le Pen unveils anti-EU campaign in Strasbourg

The leader of the far-right French party National Rally was in Strasbourg as MEPs converged on the European Parliament. On Monday she unveiled her anti-EU campaign platform for the European Elections.

Finland

Finland's Social Democrats win razor-thin victory as far-right surges

Finland's Social Democrats win razor-thin victory as far-right Finns Party sees big surge,

Italy

Mussolini's great-grandson to run in EU elections for far-right party

"So many people want to put Mussolini on the ballot," Caio Giulio Cesare Mussolini told Il Messaggero.

Europe News

The Brief: populist pitch vs political reality

The attempt to unite nationalists groups might prove futile, as diverging interests and their leaders' clashing personalities have so far prevented them from teaming up.

Spain

Catalan separatists clash with police in protest against far-right

Members of the Catalan Separatist Committees for the Defence of the Republic faced-off with riot police after holding an anti-Vox party demonstration.

World News

Centre-right to remain largest group in EU Parliament: new poll

Centre-right poised to remain largest group in EU Parliament, new poll says, but far-right set for major gains.