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Germany is next target for Europe’s centre-left as fragmented politics tests ability to build coalitions
Rightwing extremism is a chronic condition, not a mortal threat, for the EU political order
Disappearance of Belgian marksman has highlighted risks of extremism within military establishments
The tension between Britain’s interests and values has become more acute since it left the EU
New coalitions and electoral strategies disguise opportunism and an absence of ideological substance
Conservative firebrand Díaz Ayuso cut through traditional party lines for resounding win
Former PM Giuseppe Conte to remould movement whose mission is seen by its supporters as ‘pure protest’
Hungary’s nationalist leader hosts Poland’s Morawiecki and Italy’s Salvini for talks on political bloc
Viktor Orban’s party has long had fraught relationship with Europe’s centre-right grouping
Hungarian PM pulls Fidesz out of EPP after ‘hostile’ rule change
Anti-establishment populists in the Netherlands and Estonia are on the back foot
Critics say Orban and his far-right Fidesz party have run roughshod over European values
Nationalist alliance formed a year ago set to be fourth-largest group in parliament after election last week
The continent’s problems extend to troubled democracies beyond Hungary and Poland
Female leaders and activists spearhead change in central and eastern Europe
Neo-Nazi party heads ran criminal organisation responsible for murder and attacks on migrants on trade unionists
In Austria, Germany and Italy support for once-ascendant populists has dwindled during Covid crisis
Resounding victory for centrist politics in the Austrian city’s important municipal elections
Zuzana Caputova warns EU risks becoming ‘hostage’ to authoritarian member states
‘Yes’ win in referendum on ending free movement would scupper EU ‘framework agreement’
Demonstrators see themselves engaged in struggle between good and evil
Radicals are increasingly active in demonstrations against Germany’s Covid-19 measures
Recipients of death threats say their names had been searched for on official databases
Second vote between Duda and Trzaskowski will test limits of rightwing populism
The 48-year-old leader seeks to mobilise rural conservatives against liberal challenger
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