far-right
13 Aug
The populist party stopped short of calling for Germany to leave the EU. Instead, the AfD proposed a "federation of European nations" that preserves the members' sovereignty.
28 Jul
The official stance of Germany's center-right CDU is that they reject any cooperation with the far-right populist AfD. But comments by their leader Friedrich Merz have again sparked concern he's weakening that resolve.
8 Jul
The Alternative for Germany is finding support from new voters, and has now won two local elections in a week. Why?
3 Jul
Three far-right parties have made it into parliament in Athens, presenting a challenge for Greek democracy. The Spartans, the successor party to the banned Golden Dawn, have caused a particular stir.
28 May
Talking Europe interviews the boss of the largest and oldest group in the European Parliament, the centre-right European People's Party. Manfred Weber is a veteran of the EU assembly, having first been elected nearly twenty years ago, and he is an important player in German politics, in the conservative Christian Social Union.
16 May
Each day, five people are victims of far-right attacks in Germany. Racism persists as a pressing reality. Alarmingly, such violence is on the rise among young people.
20 Apr
A video supposedly showing a group of migrants in Calais throwing rocks and blocking a motorway has reemerged, four years after it first went viral. At the time, the video was shared by many, including the French far right, to demonise the migrants.
15 Dec 2022
A Berlin judge was among the far-right extremists — so-called Reichsbürger — arrested for plotting to overthrow the government. She is not the only far-right member of the German justice system.
13 Nov 2022
It was a tragic day that became a symbol of the rise of the far right in the US during the presidency of Donald Trump. On August 12, 2017, during a rally by White supremacists in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, a young neo-Nazi sympathiser rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters. One young woman was killed and dozens of other people were injured. Five years on, FRANCE 24's reporters Fanny Allard and Matthieu Mabin returned to Charlottesville to meet residents.