So proclaimed Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (right), lauding her party’s youth wing, even as a video emerged of its members praising Mussolini and Hitler. Alfio Bernabei reports Barely ten days had passed since the European elections in June, in which Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party consolidated its leading position with nearly 29% of […]
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AfD election victory is win for nazis in disguise
By Werner Klein Germany’s far-right are celebrating their biggest election victory since the 1930s, after Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the largest party in one eastern German state and the second-largest in another. Yesterday’s results have strengthened the hand of the most extreme faction in AfD, the so-called Flügel or “wing”, headed by Björn Höcke […]
Mixed fortunes for Russia’s far right assets
By Roger Pearce Vladimir Putin’s network of supporters among European fascists are celebrating today after the victory of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the eastern German state of Thuringia. AfD’s Thuringian branch is led by the Kremlin’s main German asset, Björn Höcke. They will have 32 of their state parliament’s 88 seats. […]
Top US nazi sneaks into UK for strategy talks
Adrian Davies, the far right’s favourite barrister, recently hosted his fellow lawyer, the leading American nazi Sam Dickson, on a private tour of the UK. When riots broke out in Manchester city centre, Davies and Dickson were in the thick of it. Being in their 60s and 70s respectively, they weren’t scuffling with police, merely […]
Small but concerning gains for Irish far right in 2024 elections
This year’s election results in Ireland show that the country is not immune from far-right politics. Held on 7 June, the local elections and European Parliament (EU) elections attracted over 100 candidates from far-right parties or those linked to them. Support for these parties in Ireland has historically been low to non-existent. However, the far […]
United front blocked Le Pen’s path to power
Scaremongering about a so-called left threat failed to panic French voters. Instead, writes ROGER PEARCE, the majority set aside their differences, voting against Le Pen’s toxic xenophobia and so stopping her taking a step closer to the presidency As part of her effort to disguise a reinvention of French fascism, Marine Le Pen renamed the National Front […]