Europe’s far-right paradox
Anti-immigration populists are creating instability across the continent – whether mainstream parties work with them or against them.
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Neo-Nazi safari
How close can any journalist get to the English far right?
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The cruelty of politics is clouding my vocabulary
There’s always some new and revolting story coming from America under Trump – sometimes several in a day.
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Friedrich Merz has emboldened Germany’s far right
The incoming chancellor’s coalition compromises leave a lot of space for the AfD.
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The realism of religion
A Christian revival won’t save the deluded West – but it might teach it to accept its fate.
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The magical thinking behind European unity
The far right will always be an impediment to strategic autonomy.
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Javier Milei’s anti-Arab culture war
Minorities in Argentina have reported a surge in hostility since the far-right president came to power.
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Germany’s warning signal for Britain
High-turnout elections used to neutralise the far right. This weekend challenged that assumption.
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Germany’s polarised election
Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.
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The AfD doesn’t need to win
The far-right party is already reshaping Germany.
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The far right rising
The AfD is courting the global right – and threatening to upend European politics.
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The strange death of the centre right
Moderate conservatives have allowed themselves to be marginalised by their populist rivals.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, grandfather of the French far right
The extremist founder and former president of the National Front has died at 96.
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Elon Musk has designs on the whole of Europe
The billionaire’s attacks on the UK are part of a pattern of support for the hard right across the continent.
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The Romanian diaspora’s hard-right surge
The hard-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu’s success hinges on TikTok, economic resentment and a disaffected population abroad.
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What happened to the pop culture resistance?
From shallow protest in 2016 to outright endorsement in 2024, Donald Trump has been given an easy ride.
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Southport and the rage of England
The violence of the summer has left deep scars, and open wounds, across the country.
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Undercover: Exposing the Far Right reveals a vile network of pathetic fascists
This film from Hope Not Hate – pulled from the London Film Festival on safety grounds – has a lot…
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There is an intellectual sickness on the American right
When free speech is treated as the highest good, it gives rise to shock-jock politics.
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Germany’s lesson for Labour
Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s borders to mass migration has proved a gift to the far right.
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