Launched end of May by Dutch white supremacist Eva Vlaardingerbroek and Austrian neo-Nazi Martin Sellner, the petition sought to ‘remigrate’ people who pose a “serious cultural burden.”
MEPs voting to shield themselves from investigation? Sadly, that’s all too typicalMEPs in the European Parliament’s budgetary control committee voted to shield the Patriots for Europe group from any criminal investigation into misspending EU funds.
Whether it’s Nigel Farage’s secret multi-million pound crypto donations, or Marine Le Pen’s corruption conviction, anything that catches the far-right out is, by default, against the will of the people.
According to the Portugal remigration summit’s official website, the meeting was about “shaping the future of Europe and the West through sovereignty, identity, and demographic renewal” – a euphemism of creating imagined racially pure Western societies.
The EU Parliament voted almost two-to-one to scrutinise the hard-right Europe of Sovereign Nations group for its use of discriminatory language, possibly leading to a loss of EU funds. In a bad day for the far-right, Marine Le Pen lost her appeal in Paris.
Is Berlin about to go from conservative to hard-left?A Red-Green-Red coalition is looking the most likely outcome of September’s election in Berlin, Europe’s so-called capital of cool.
From a Remigration Summit in Portugal to a Save Europe Act petition in Brussels, a coordinated effort is being made to mainstream a once-fringe idea that experts say breaches fundamental rights.
THIS WEEK: MEPs weigh triggering probe into far-right ESN party, as plenary debates Gaza reconstructionThe European Parliament is in Strasbourg this week, ahead of the summer break. MEPs will be debating and voting on policies, including on air-passenger rights.
The EU seems to be fully caught up in what has been defined as the “deterrence trap”: a full focus on restrictive measures that might offer short-term political relief but that will prove ineffective in the long run, providing extremist movements the tools to erode the political centre.
Instead of asking how Europe should adapt to a changing climate, some politicians have found another opportunity to wage a stale culture war. Their latest target is air conditioning.
Behind Croatia’s polished EU image, there is a ruling party quietly tightening its grip on judges and war history alike, blurring the line between mainstream conservatism and the radical right.
As Giorgia Meloni turns Italy into a test case of far-right rule, her mix of compromise in Brussels and hardline policies at home is quietly shaping how France’s National Rally sells itself to wary voters.
With hundreds of athletes lining up behind Mbappé’s call to block the National Rally, the battle over France’s next president is spilling from parliament into living rooms and football stadiums.
What the string of elections Europe faces in 2027, from France to Greece, demands is a crystal-clear conceptualisation of foreign interference, stated without qualification: the illegitimate manipulation of a member state’s democratic processes is unacceptable, whether it emanates from a hostile state or a presumed ally.
Within the political spectrum, identitarians can be understood as the far right of the far right. Their core argument has evolved, but it now concentrates on one key demand: the restoration of ethno-cultural homogeneity in Europe.
Across Europe, established right-wing parties are finding themselves challenged by actors positioned further to their right. In Italy, the rise of Roberto Vannacci’s movement serves as an examples. The danger is not only the rise of more radical actors, but the gradual redefinition of what is considered politically acceptable.
An advocate-general at the European Court of Justice suggested judges dismiss a case from the French parliament, which wants to annul EU rules on relocating asylum seekers.
Mainstream left and centre-left parties are increasingly adopting positions associated with the far right — tougher migration enforcement, collective policing measures, and the scapegoating of minorities — in pursuit of electoral safety. The evidence this works is, at best, mixed.
The EU is rushing to authorise its “ICE-style” migrant returns, while spending be millions of taxpayer euros to expand its detention centres in third-countries beyond bloc’s borders.
South Asians have emerged as a convenient target for the political right, most notably supporters of the far-right nationalist Chega party, which is targeting education fairs and Muslim festivals and created a human rights crisis for the community.