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    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Janan Ganesh
      American and European populism aren’t the same

      The US variant is much more of a personality cult

      Geert Wilders
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Gideon Rachman
      The far right is moving into Europe’s mainstream

      Growing support for radical parties does not necessarily threaten democracy, but it could profoundly change the EU

      Illustration of the EU flag with badges from far-right political parties on many of its stars.
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Geert Wilders’ victory is a warning for Europe

      Success of the far right in the Netherlands will embolden populists elsewhere

      An election poster for Geert Wilders
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Netherlands politics
      Geert Wilders faces early setback in Dutch coalition talks

      Business community warns prolonged instability could scare off investors

      Geert Wilders and Dilan Yeşilgöz
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      News in-depthDutch election
      Wilders’ win in Dutch election is a boon for Europe’s far right

      Veteran anti-Islam, anti-EU politician has capitalised on voter fears about immigration

      Geert Wilders gives a speech in The Hague on Wednesday after the announcement of the first exit poll results
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Instant InsightTony Barber
      Far-right Dutch victory puts European liberal democracy on defensive

      Geert Wilders’ success will make it harder for EU to forge common stances on migration, Ukraine and enlargement

      Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Freedom party (PVV)
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The alarming rise of Germany’s far right

      Mainstream parties must address concerns that fuel support for the AfD

      AfD posters are held up at a rally for the Hesse election
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Janan Ganesh
      Britain is Europe’s haven from the hard right

      The maligned nation is doing better than the continent at fighting extremists

      Kemi Badenoch walks on stage
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Climate legislation
      Climate regulation is driving support for populism, says EU parliament chief

      Roberta Metsola calls for ‘proportionality test’ of new policies to slow growth of Euroscepticism ahead of elections

      European parliament president Roberta Metsola
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Soňa Muzikárová
      Fico looks set to defy the odds in Slovakia

      The former prime minister’s political comeback shows the resilience of populism in central Europe

      Robert Fico addresses parliament in Bratislava. The skill with which he has harnessed anti-establishment sentiment in his voter base should not be underestimated
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Mujtaba Rahman
      Instead of a lurch to the far right, Europe’s centre ground is holding

      Fears of gains by populists in next year’s EU parliament elections are misplaced

      Giorgia Meloni
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Aleks Szczerbiak
      Election battle offers no easy path to power for Poland’s opposition

      The ruling rightwing PiS party has plans to press on with controversial judicial reforms if it wins the upcoming poll

      Donald Tusk addresses a crowd in Włocławek, central Poland. The former prime minister has run an energetic campaign, but is a polarising figure
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Jonathan Derbyshire
      A new Catholic counter-revolution is under way in Europe

      From Italy and Spain to Poland, rightwing parties stress national sovereignty and conservative family values

      Ewan White illustration of a hand putting a ballot paper in the form of a cross in a voting box
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Constanze Stelzenmüller
      Mainstream German parties have made it too easy for the far-right AfD

      The party is becoming more disciplined as it senses power in some eastern states is within reach

      Maximilian Krah, leading pick of the AfD for the European parliament elections, calls the EU a ‘vassal’ of the US and wants to replace it with a ‘confederacy of fatherlands’
    • Saturday, 17 June, 2023
      Europe Express
      Central Europe returns to diversity Premium content

      For a proper understanding of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, look at what makes them different

      Albanian prime minister Edi Rama, left, and Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán
    • Saturday, 17 June, 2023
      The Weekend Essay
      Trump, Johnson and the real problem with populism

      Helped to power by mainstream conservatives, this is a movement whose leaders cannot be expected to self-destruct

      A crowd of people, their backs turned to the camera, gathers expectantly, with one man wearing the US flag on his back
    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      News in-depthAustria
      Energy crisis and inflation help push Austrians towards far right

      Resurgent Freedom party leads polls as anger among voters grows and key regional election looms

      Udo Landbauer of the Freedom Party in Sankt Pölten, Austria in 2018
    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      Janan Ganesh
      Rarity of the German coup plot is a triumph of democracy

      Liberals should notice what doesn’t happen in politics, not just what does

      Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, the alleged figurehead of the foiled German coup, is led away by police
    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Sweden
      Swedish parliament backs Ulf Kristersson to be new prime minister

      Far-right Sweden Democrats help put Moderates leader in power and will have big say on immigration and law and order

      Ulf Kristersson in parliament
    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Timothy Garton Ash
      For a fascist revival look to Moscow, not Rome

      Some Italians take a lenient view of the Mussolini era, but the real fascists are revealing themselves elsewhere

      Montage of Giorgia Meloni, with Vladimir Putin in the background
    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      Populism isn’t over. It’s getting an upgrade

      Brexit and Trump collided with reality. But rising conservatives like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni are more serious about power

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Rosa Balfour
      A Meloni-led government need not spell disaster for Italy’s institutions

      Postwar Italian democracy has stood up to successive waves of rightwing populism

      Giorgia Meloni, leader of the  Brothers of Italy party, speaks at a rally in Caserta, near Naples, this month
    • Monday, 12 September, 2022
      Sweden
      Swedish election result too close to call

      Rightwing bloc takes slender lead as anti-immigration Sweden Democrats become second-largest party

      Supporters of the Sweden Democrats cheer on election night in Nacka, near Stockholm, on Sunday
    • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
      News in-depthItalian election
      Hard-right Giorgia Meloni’s rise from rough streets to cusp of power in Italy

      Politician aims to distance herself from her party’s fascist roots as she vies to replace Mario Draghi as PM

      Giorgia Meloni in Rome
    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      Ben Hall
      The new face of Europe’s radical right is on display in Italy

      Giorgia Meloni and her party appear well placed to secure victory in next month’s parliamentary elections

      Fratelli d’Italia party leader Giorgia Meloni
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