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Published in: HomeThe audit of a political campaign versus Marine Le Pen: Jean-Luc Melenchon in Henin-Beaumont
After a strong showing in the 2012 French Presidential election, Jean-Luc Melenchon took on Marine Le Pen in...
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Published in: openSecurityChallenging the populist right - European precedents
The European left should be the most committed and consistent advocate of democracy, human rights and the rule of...
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Published in: openSecurityAbandoned to the far right
Specific patterns of ‘hate’ are emerging and the far right is mobilising and making inroads in smaller towns and...
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity threats and the Ukrainian far right
The rise to political power of the Ukrainian far right party, Svoboda, was recently halted by a new electoral law....
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Published in: openSecurityFailing to take far right violence seriously
The threat of far right terrorism and political violence ought to be taken at least as seriously as the radical...
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Published in: HomeNorway - one year after: an open wound
Populist right-wing politicians expressing extreme views on immigration, Islam and Muslims, have in general been...
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Published in: openSecurityBritain's radical right: electoral failure but success on the streets ?
The BNP's latest electoral defeats are no indication that the attraction of its ideology has faded away. New social...
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Published in: openSecurityHate speech and violent right wing extremism in Scandinavia
Incitement to hatred against 'non-Scandinavians' is widely circulated on the internet, contributing to the...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom Pan-Germanism to new populism in Austria
When it comes to European exclusionary politics, the Austrian case is a puzzling story of a historically rooted...
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Published in: openSecurityThe security turn of French politics and the rejuvenation of the Front National
Has the increasing focus on security issues in French politics given an advantage to the radical right or the...
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Published in: openSecurityCrime and punishment in the Netherlands
Under the pressure of right wing populism, the Netherlands have been transformed from a country that was a model of...
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity and the radical right in Flanders
Security has been a major theme in the rhetoric of the Vlaams Block/Belang since the late 1980s. Their combination...
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Published in: openSecurityGreek populist parties and the disoriented mainstream
The results of May's legislative elections in Greece may derive from the degree of public anger at the EU-IMF rescue...
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Published in: openSecurityGrammars of enmity: a Golden Dawn of contemporary Greek democracy?
Far right groups like Golden Dawn are not a new phenomenon in Greek society, nor do they derive from the...
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity discourses and the radical right
Ruth Wodak launches a series of updates on the rise of the far right and exclusionary discourses in Europe. What...