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Europe's far right inches closer to power

Fares Garabet 13 September 2026
Ulrich Siegmund, top candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is pictured during Saxony-Anhalt's state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on 6 September 2026. JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP

Ulrich Siegmund: the disarming right-winger making waves in Germany

The media-savvy AfD candidate led his party to victory in Saxony-Anhalt, bringing it within reach of power for the first time since World War II

Bryn Haworth 12 September 2026
Rupert Lowe speaks during Britain's Reform UK party's national conference in Birmingham, Britain, on 20 September 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

Rupert Lowe: Britain's far right has a new rising star

After breaking with Farage's Reform, he formed his own party: Restore Britain. Will it split the right-wing vote?

Bryn Haworth 30 August 2026
Sara Padovan

Is Trump’s election a boost for Europe’s populists?

Many expect Trump's election will boost the populist cause in Europe, whether hopeful right-wingers or fearful leftists and centrists. Yet, the reality will likely be more nuanced.

Christopher Phillips 24 December 2024
Michel Barnier's appointment has dashed far-left hopes of dominating the new French parliament Al Majalla

Michel Barnier: Can France's new 'no-nonsense' PM restore order?

His appointment is seen as a belated attempt by Macron to head off the mounting challenge his government faces from Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally

Con Coughlin 08 September 2024

The rise of the far right in Germany

Fares Garabet 05 September 2024
At his core, Netanyahu isn’t so much a “true believer” in far-right ideas as he is an opportunistic one. He has and will continue to use rhetoric that serves him best, no matter how bone-chilling. Eduardo Ramon_Getty Images

Israel's shift to the far right is part of a wider global trend

Jewish supremacy and democracy, two principles that portend Israel's identity, have been increasingly at odds and populists have made their choice as to which of the two they view as more important

Michael Horowitz 17 June 2024
Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, plays by the same far-right populist playbook, criticising a shadowy “elite” and “useless, parasitic” politicians who he describes as “rats”. Eduardo Ramon

Latin America’s far-right surge: A chip off the not-so-old block

Riding a global wave of populist nationalism, radicals with a disdain for democracy, an urge to deregulate, and an aversion to globalisation are seizing power in Central and South America.

Paul Achkar 13 June 2024
Italy's Prime Minister and leader of the far-right party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli D'Italia - FDI) Giorgia Meloni getures during a press conference following the results of the European Elections in Rome on June 10, 2024. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP

EU parliament election results confirm rightward shift in Europe

If right-wing parties collaborate, this shift could impact policies on climate, migration, enlargement, budget, and the rule of law 

Pawel Zerka 10 June 2024
Moderates must come to terms with the fact that right-wing populism is a major force in European politics and adapt accordingly.   Eduardo Ramon_Getty Images

The rise of right-wing populism in Europe

For decades the far right sat on the periphery of Western politics, dismissed as angry skinheads or deluded neo-Nazis by the centrist mainstream. No longer.

Christopher Phillips 09 June 2024
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