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How far right is Germany's new AfD party prepared to swing?

As protesters gathered on the streets of Stuttgart on Saturday, delegates from Germany’s rapidly growing right-wing Alternative for Germany party

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Hundreds arrested as German anti-immigrant AfD party congress begins

“Nazis out” was the cry from left-wing protesters in Germany on Saturday as delegates of a right-wing, anti-immigration party arrived for its annual

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: UN's Ban chides Austria over asylum policy

This is the Brief from Brussels: Euronews’ daily round-up of the biggest news stories that are making headlines in Europe’s capital and beyond. In

World News

Austria's far right wins by a 'landslide' in first round of presidential vote

Anti-immigrant candidate wins presidential first round Shock result for Austria’s political establishment Austria’s far right Freedom Party has

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Austria

Austria: far-right Hofer gets presidential poll first round landslide

Run-off expected on May 22.

France

France: Le Pen fined 30,000 euros for latest 'gas chamber' remark

The former leader of France’s far-right Front National, Jean Marie Le-Pen, was fined 30,000 euros on Wednesday for repeating his claim that the Nazi

Belgium

Brussels mayor deplores 'hooligans' who disrupted Place de la Bourse

Several hundred protesters, many of whom appeared to be right-wing nationalists, disrupted a vigil in central Brussels being held to honour the

Netherlands

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders appears in court to answer charges of hate speech

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders is back in court to answer charges of discrimination and hate speech against the country’s Moroccan minority

Norway

Mass killer Breivik appears in court in human rights case against Norway

Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced for killing 77 people five years ago. He gave a

Europe News

Martin Schulz expels Golden Dawn MEP Synadinos

Europe News

German anti-immigrant party eyes regional poll breakthrough

Voters in three German regions go to the polls on Sunday with the right-wing, anti-immigrant party Alternative für Deutschland hoping to make

Sweden

Sweden: masked men threaten to attack migrant children

Amid growing tensions over immigration in Sweden, pro and anti demonstrators have taken to the streets of Stockholm. The country of 10 million

Austria

Thousands protest in Vienna against annual right-wing ball

Thousands of protesters have marched through Vienna, to demonstrate against an annual ball, which usually attracts far-right and right-wing figures

Italy

Europe's far-right parties rally in Milan

Billed as the first congress of the Europe of Nations and Freedom Group

Italy

Migrant influx will 'impoverish European nations,' Le Pen tells far-right convention

The leader of the French National Front, Marine Le Pen, has headlined a convention of European far-right parties in Milan. It comes just weeks after

Netherlands

Dutch MP hands out defence spray against "Islamic testosterone bombs"

Dutch, far-right, anti-immigration MP Geert Wilders has handed out self-defence sprays containing red paint. The stunt, he says, is to help fearful

Finland

Finnish police tipped off about New Year harrassment by asylum seekers

Police in Finland have announced that New Year celebrations in Helsinki were marred by “widespread sexual harrassment” as women were targeted by

World News

Amazon donates proceeds from Pegida song to refugee charity

Online retailer Amazon said it will donate the proceeds from a Christmas song released by German far-right group Pegida to a refugee charity. The

France

Marine Le Pen criticised for posting pictures of ISIL on twitter account

The leader of France’s far right National Front, Marine Le Penn could face an investigation by French authorities for pictures she posted on her

Netherlands

Geert Wilders scoops politician award for third time

The Eurosceptic and anti-immigration MP Geert Wilders has been named politician of the year in a TV poll. He scooped 25 percent of the 37,000 votes