National Politics
Politico – Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll
It looks like yet another lurch to the far-right in Europe. Read the article HERE.
Far-right
EU politics
Daniele Albertazzi – Giorgia Meloni: How the realities of office trumped the Italian Prime Minister’s radicalism
Apart from some nasty anti-abortion laws, Meloni has transformed from Mussolini’s heir to your typical pro-Brussels, pro-Washington politician. In ‘Other News’. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Politico – Swiss election results: Far right dominates after anti-immigration campaign
Far-right party SVP wins Swiss election with 28.6 per cent of the vote, but it’s not clear they will have enough support to govern.
EU politics
Paweł Cywiński – How Far-Right Konfederacja Became Poland’s Likely Kingmaker
Poland is set for a referendum on refugees to coincide with its parliamentary elections in October – a cocktail that will surely benefit the far-right. Paweł Cywiński has a PhD in social sciences and works at […]
Austerity
Polykarpos Georgiadis: In Greece, social despair is helping the rise of fascist conspiracy theories
Greece’s recent elections saw two new far-right parties enter parliament for the first time. Grinding austerity is not fueling continued popular resistance but the rise of conspiracy theorist cranks who promote war among the poor. […]
EU politics
Tatu Ahponen: Finland’s Neoliberal and Far-Right Alliance Is a Sign of Things to Come in Europe
In Finland, a new government represents how compatible neoliberal and far-right politics are. The Left must answer the challenge by opposing austerity in addition to racism. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Ben Wray – Spain’s left government has done better than most, but it’s still nowhere near enough
Faced with the vicissitudes of neoliberal globalisation, the right-wing’s reactionary narrative may prove to be more potent with voters than the left-wing’s record of modest social justice. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and co-ordinator […]
Climate Crisis
Diego Marin, Marguerite Culot – Green Supremacy: When Far-Right Politics Co-opts Environmentalism
Eco-fascism will inevitably emerge as an important political tendency as mainstream politics fails to address the climate crisis. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal THE environmental crisis is continuing to approach a point of ecological […]
EU politics
David Broder: How Meloni is bringing Europe’s conservatives and far-right together – Interview w/ David Broder
Chris Bambery speaks to David Broder, author of new book ‘Mussolini’s Grandchildren: Fascism in contemporary Italy’, about the ‘mainstreaming’ of neo-fascism in Italy. Cross-posted from Conter 1) In post-war Italy all the major parties gave […]
EU politics
Philippe Marlière: Macron’s denial of democracy
The French President is undermining any faith that was left in democracy, and may be paving the way for a Le Pen presidency in 2027 Philippe Marlière is a Professor of French and European Politics at […]