https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHgCC4gH_m0
From France's National Front to Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD), to the neo-Nazis of Golden Dawn in Greece, far-right populists are grabbing the head

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2024/5/31/whats-behind-the-rise-of-the-far-right-in-europe
Marc Lamont Hill discusses the rise of far-right parties in Europe and the upcoming EU elections. Read more About 400 million Europeans are eligible to vote in June to elect their representatives

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/world/europe/europe-far-right.html
Roger Cohen, who has worked at The New York Times for over three decades, reported from Paris and eastern France. May 5, 2024. Jordan Bardella, 28, is the new face of the far right in France

https://www.vox.com/world/23516807/europe-right-wing-parties-orban-meloni
As a consequence, far-right parties currently constitute the biggest threat to liberal democracy in Europe. Five European countries in particular (but not exclusively) deserve attention on this

https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-braces-for-far-right-wave-as-eu-election-looms/
In 2024, the right-wing surge in the polls seems bigger and bolder, with one predicting the nationalist right and far right could pick up nearly a quarter of seats in the European Parliament in June.. Even if the center right — currently tipped to come first in the election — refuses to form a governing coalition with ever more powerful firebrand fringe parties, there's still a

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/10/europe/european-elections-explainer-intl/index.html
Ahead of the vote, eyes across Europe were fixed mainly on the continent's far-right parties - with gains by those groups expected to form a major part of Sunday's narrative. Those gains did

https://apnews.com/article/european-parliament-election-far-right-b9339cf1a7d2067bf6fa1941c166936d
But stunning results by far-right parties in France, Germany and beyond have jolted the bloc, which was founded after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Parties such as France's National Rally, the Brothers of Italy, and Alternative for Germany (AfD) must work together to have a significant impact on EU policy.

https://apnews.com/article/european-union-far-right-trump-us-elections-7356075127d7889cb670cfa25367ecdc
Updated 1:25 PM PDT, June 11, 2024. The just-concluded European Union elections were yet another milestone for far-right parties on the continent. They racked up gains across many of the EU's 27 countries, and the surprising scale of their victories is rattling the political establishment there and drawing attention in the United States.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/09/europe/analysis-european-parliament-far-right-intl-latam/index.html
The center-right European People's Party, the center-left Socialists and Democrats, and the liberal Renew Europe are the three largest groups in the European Parliament.

https://apnews.com/article/european-parliament-election-next-steps-far-right-3bc5d3549422fde8a8ec65bdba09fe36
BRUSSELS (AP) — For decades, the European Union — which has its roots in the defeat of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy — confined the nationalist far right to the political fringes. With a strong showing in elections Sunday, far-right forces could now influence or block joint EU-wide policies on migration, security and climate change.

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/0605/european-union-parliament-elections-far-right
The European Parliament is the directly elected legislature of the 27 EU member states, including Germany, France, and Italy. The Parliament cannot directly initiate new laws, but it does set the

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/made-big-gains-european-elections-matter-110995112
The EU has rallied behind Ukraine since Russia's 2022 invasion, with many in Europe seeing the war as an existential threat.Five EU countries border Russia. The EU has provided billions of euros

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/europe/europe-election-youth-far-right-intl-cmd/index.html
Young people, unsurprisingly, loved it. Just under 50% of 25-to-34-year-olds who cast a vote opted for Le Pen, compared to just 41% of the general population and 29% of voters over 70. Whereas the

https://www.ft.com/content/8a10ae2f-5c1e-49ff-a8a6-01a6db535be3
If the rise of the hard and far right in Europe spreads, it will worsen the political challenge of labour shortages. The RN and AfD are portraying the solution as the problem. Giving in to

https://www.politico.eu/article/rise-of-the-far-right-keeps-eu-lawmakers-up-at-night/
A far-right takeover is the biggest threat to the future of Europe, according to a POLITICO survey of EU lawmakers. Members of the outgoing European Parliament who took part in the poll mentioned Europe's rightward shift and the rise of populism as the biggest challenges facing the Continent. Climate change and Russia's war on Ukraine also

https://www.ft.com/content/2a921933-7e7f-4e12-b53e-2819bae6821c
The EU and the US yesterday condemned Kosovo's crackdown on a Serb bank in a show of western exasperation at Pristina's unilateral moves that are seen hurting the ethnic Serb community, writes

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/6/25/should-we-fear-a-far-right-resurgence-in-europe
It is not only France where the far right is on the rise, but also Germany. At this latest European election, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came second with 16 percent in Germany

https://www.politico.eu/article/demography-europe-democracy-opinion-far-right-european-election-polls-generation-z/
In Europe, democracy is conceived of as a fundamental value that enjoys broad, unwavering public support across the Continent. As such, the far-right wave predicted to make landfall during next month's European election is seen as no more than a transitory political phenomena. Surely, European democracy will persist and persevere over time.

https://www.ft.com/content/d2eb427f-5e8e-4448-950a-96203e52eb9d
Robert Sesselmann, a local lawyer, became the first AfD politician in Germany to become an elected Landrat — the equivalent of head of the county council — winning 53 per cent of the vote

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/03/russia-europe-far-right-espionage/
For nearly a year, European intelligence officials said, the Czech authorities secretly recorded hours of meetings between several far-right politicians from across Europe and the associate, Artem

https://www.ft.com/content/8dded432-2d6d-4ee7-ad5f-1f8e7b6448f1
It felt like a new and dangerous moment for European democracy. Almost 20 years later, the far right are a more familiar part of the European political landscape. In France, Marine Le Pen, Jean

https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-socialists-scramble-for-ideas-to-fight-far-right-surge/
March 2, 2024 6:48 pm CET. By Eddy Wax. ROME — Europe's center-left stuck to their guns without presenting many fresh ideas as the threat of a far-right surge loomed over a pre-election gathering in Rome. The Party of European Socialists launched its campaign for the European Parliament election with a focus on core tenets of their

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/world/europe/germany-extremism-hocke-afd-nazi.html
The ascent of Mr. Höcke's supporters, political analysts say, reflects the evolution of the AfD from a small, conservative party skeptical of the European Union to a far more radical one.

https://www.ft.com/content/862fea8c-77a6-4478-9023-aeb170d5348b
For all the uproar about a far-right surge in the European parliament elections, the outcome favours the reappointment of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, who is a centrist.

https://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-uk-politics-elections-2024-donald-trump-far-right-us-politics-maga/
Formed in the late 1980s, Reform won over many Conservative voters with a platform of tax cuts, more direct democracy in the form of referendums, and opposition to multiculturalism. Its zenith was the jaw-dropping 1993 election, in which Reform won 52 seats while Kim Campbell's Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a rump of just two.