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France

France: Tension rises as migrants brave the Alps

Over a nearly two year period, more than 3,500 migrants have ventured into the mountains to seek asylum in France.

United Kingdom

Far-right group Britain First banned from Facebook

The far-right group shot to international attention after Donald Trump retweeted its anti-Islamic posts. Now it’s been banned from Facebook.

France

FN name-change harks back to Nazi past say French critics

The French far-right is trying to change its name, but observers note a clumsy similarity between the proposed new moniker and a WWII fascist group that allied with the Nazis during the occupation.

France

Le Pen seeks name change for her father's party

Marine Le Pen wants to rename the Front National at the annual congress in Lille, but the near-bankrupt FN needs more than a name change to revive its fortunes.

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Greece

Greek police carry out anti-terrorist raid

Counter-terrorism officers in Greece launched an operation in the early hours of Tuesday to arrest suspected members of a far-right extremist group calling itself Combat 18 Hellas

Austria

Austrians can swear or make obscene gestures at politicans, court rule

Case brought by leader of far-right freedom party is thrown out.

Austria

Austria's state broadcaster & star presenter sue Vice-Chancellor Strac

Strache pays price for again baiting ORF and presenter Armin Wolf, accusing them of "lying".

United Kingdom

Far-right terror threat ‘growing and underestimated’ in UK – police ch

The outgoing head of UK counter-terrorism policing reveals that four right-wing extremist terror plots were thwarted in the past year, along with 10 Islamist conspiracies.

Russia

Russia on populists: ‘We want to see Europe strong and stable’

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denies accusations that Moscow seeks to undermine Europe by supporting anti-establishment parties, in his interview with Euronews.

Poland

Catholic nationalism: the church of the far right in Poland

Far-right groups are using links to religion to gain mainstream influence in Poland.

Austria

Austrians protests at FPO return to government

Leftists & civil society groups angry at return of far-right in coalition with mainstream Conservatives.

USA

KKK 'Mississippi Burning' murderer Edgar Ray Killen dies

The 1960s preacher and Ku Klux Klansman convicted of the infamous deaths of three civil rights workers in Mississippi has died.

Europe News

How contagious will Austria's politics be in 2018?

The rise of the far right is set to challenge the EU's migration policies

Poland

Poland's government prefers to embrace, rather than alienate, far righ

Law and Justice party argues winning voters away from extremist parties is preferable to allowing them to gain their own momentum, Reuters reports.

Germany

AfD tests Germany's new social media law as police probe Von Storch

Party leader Alice Weidel pours fuel on the fire and backs her deputy.

Austria

What are the policies of Austria’s new right-wing government?

The coalition agreement published by the conservative People’s Party and the far-right Freedom Party is built around a vigorous protection of national identity.

Europe News

Austria's 'tug of war'

The EU's migration commissioner predicts a 'tug of war' as Austria's coalition brings far-right to power

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Austria - a threat to EU values?

Austria

Austrians protest at return of far-right to coalition government after

The FPO is back in Vienna after the mainstream right OVP and its young leader Sebastian Kurz agreed to form a coalition government with the political pariahs.

Europe News

Austria: a threat to EU values?

With the swearing in of a new Chancellor, and becoming the only Western European country with a far-right party in power, should the EU be concerned about Austria?