The appointment of Michel Barnier as prime minister signals an alliance between Emmanuel Macron and the right-wing Les Républicains party as well as shows the National Rally’s position of strength.
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Even though France organised the opening ceremony, the country is not immune to the culture war.
The ‘cordon sanitaire’ is a strategy used across Europe to try to exclude political extremes from the mainstream.
The far-right looks like it will be a significant parliamentary force in France over the next few years.
Listing a violent extremist group as ‘terrorist’ makes it illegal for any American to offer the organization financial support.
As young people despair that established parties can address their many concerns, far-right parties have found fertile political ground.
The FPÖ is the favourite to come out on top in the European elections and also win the parliamentary elections next September.
In the wake of France’s controversial immigration bill, one scholar compares France’s reliability on immigrant workers in key sectors against the rest of Europe.
Suella Braverman’s comments and Tommy Robinson’s interventions added the momentum needed for violence to be meted out by far-right counter-protesters on London streets on Armistice Day.
Queensland is the latest state bring in laws banning neo-Nazi and far-right symbols, but no one knows yet precisely what will be banned. Here’s how the laws differ across the country.
More than a spectre, the latest data shows the far-right is a reality set to bear heavily onto the June 2024 European elections.
Sweeping new research shows many Europeans could accept to live under a non-democratic regime.
The populist right has made hay with social tensions climate change is likely to exacerbate.
As student protests against high rents unfurl across Italy, one academic points out one of the groups most likely to end up on the streets under a far-right government: young black men.
For decades extremist groups – especially the far right – have used gaming and game-adjacent platforms to try to radicalise gamers.
The return of fascist discourse has been several decades in the making and owes a lot to Matteo Salvini.
While many progressive movements have organised online, conservatives dominate because of better organisation, capital, and social inequality. France’s presidential elections are a case in point.
With the apparent slide towards authoritarianism in the U.S., Canada must be ready and able to defend and champion our democracy.
The trucker convoy is a sign that Canada is on the cusp of its own Jan. 6, with Conservatives taking a page from Donald Trump’s playbook.
The French commentator’s heritage is providing a useful patina for extreme views.
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