In the East Groningen municipality Pekela has a PVV candidate withdrew after his relationship with a motorcycle came out. But there is more to say about him. This is the third part of a series of short articles about the local elections 2018. In mid-February the Telegraph comes with the revelation that the PVV candidate Jan… Read more
Op 11 September, unfolds a bizarre spectacle at the statue of Pim Fortuyn in Rotterdam. There gathers a group of people for a demonstrative procession to the 11 commemorate September attacks in America. The organizing committee particularly wants to commemorate the Dutch victims and expresses its concern about Muslim organizations in the Netherlands… Read more
The Sweden Democrats’ TV program will bring out the party’s image of Sweden internationally. The first presenter is Eva Vlaardingerbroek, former representative of the Forum for Democracy in the Netherlands.
Radical groups to Lesbos to act as "journalists’ exploit the refugee crisis. A network of extreme right-wing groups from France, Austria, Duitsland, Belgium and the Netherlands moved to the Greek island of Lesbos in early March to use the migration crisis and the resulting violence as a backdrop for their propaganda videos. This is evident from a study by Pointer in collaboration with Lighthouse Reports.
This month the European Parliament elections. In many European countries is growing extreme right and that trend could continue in the European Parliament. An overview of the countries with the most striking shift to the right.
In large parts of Europe are radical right wing populist parties on the rise. They dominate the polls and knew also cashing in a number of cases in recent elections. The Danish People's Party and UKIP, for example, their supporters to enlarge 2015 substantially with 8,8 en 9,2 percentage points respectively (see Table 1).
Also the 49,9 percent of votes the candidate of the Austrian People's Party did is to achieve in the recent presidential elections, as the result of the referendum on the Brexit, a signal that radical right populist parties gain popularity. There is even a chance that the Norbert Hofer in October yet the presidential election, which because of irregularities on need, wins and thus becomes the first radical right populist president of post-war Europe.
While mainstream parties have shaken off the ideological feathers, Keep radical right parties in their finery honor. The PVV party family has become commonplace in almost all Western Europe. That does not mean that they are ideologically moderate.
A meeting in the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm between Geert Wilders of the PVV en Jimmie Akesson of the Zweden-Democraten (SD).
The Vlaams Belang implies Brussel A meeting on the future of Flanders in Europe under the motto “Pro Europe, Against this EU”. The conservative nationalist Thierry Baudet from Amsterdam is one of the speakers. From Sweden is a speaker presence of the radical right Zweden-Democraten, a representative from Austria and one of the FPO in France of FN-youth organization. On Facebook, several Dutch indicate that they want to be here also present.
In het navolgende komen alle klassiek extreemrechtse organisaties die in 2013 actief waren in Nederland kort aan de orde. Nederland kent verschillende extreemrechtse groepen. Die onderscheiden zich lang niet allemaal langs ideologische lijnen. Vaker gaat het om groepen die zich van andere groepen onderscheiden door onderlinge ruzies, incompatibilité d’humeur en persoonlijke conflicten. Maar deze verschillende groepen zijn wel in twee ideologische categorieën in te delen. We maken een onderscheid tussen identitaire formaties, die zich vooral beroepen op een Nederlandse identiteit, en neonazi’s, die zich meer richten op de oude nationaalsocialistische idealen van het Derde Rijk. Na de bespreking van de ontwikkelingen rond deze groepen in 2013 geven wij een beredeneerde schatting van het aantal leden van genoemde formaties. Tot slot kijken we kort naar de veranderende interactie in 2013 tussen klassiek extreemrechtse formaties en de Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV).
This paper has been prepared by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue as a background briefing for the European Policy Planners’ Network on Countering Polarisation and Radicalisation (VAT). It aims to provide an overview of recent developments in far-right extremism across Europe, highlight case studies of projects seeking to combat this threat, and offer practical lessons learned for policy makers and frontline workers.