The AfD, Russia, and the attack on Ukraine
How much influence does Russia have on Germany’s AfD? And how important is the AfD for Russia? Here are some of my findings from a longer report on Russia and the populist right in Europe
Tag: extreme right
Who’s Afraid of Mussolini’s Ghost?
Not too many, it would seem. Good, short article on the far right in Italy today and its relationship with historical Fascism.
The Radical Right Research Robot is on Mastodon
The Radical Right Research Bot is now also on Mastodon. Click here to find it.
I talked to the CBC about the failed Reichsbürger plot
Thanks to the slightly bizarre plot to overthrow the government of Germany, I got an outing on The National, Canada’s main nightly news show. Of course, most of the 20 minutes or so that we talked got edited out, but hey, here (buried in the middle of the clip) are my 15 seconds of Canadian…
A reading list: populism, euroscepticism & foreign policy attitudes
Here is the new reading list on populist, eurosceptic and foreign policy attitudes for my MA seminar
Germany: the Identitarian Movement remains under surveillance
In 2016, Germany’s “Office for the Protection of the Constitution”, a.k.a. the spooks, put the German branch of the Identitarian Movement under surveillance. They are also listed in the Office’s yearly reports under the heading “right-wing extremist actors”. Germany being Germany, the IB in this country is organised as a registered association, which has taken…
2022 Lower Saxony election: the AfD double their 2017 result
Lower Saxony just held the last of 2022’s four state elections. The result is mostly in line with the pre-election surveys: both the SPD and the CDU (which in this state formed the last remaining Grand coalition) lost a few points, but the SPD remained stronger overall and is perceived as the winner. The Left…
Gespräch mit der NZZ über Frauen an der Spitze rechtsradikaler Parteien
Mit Julius Baumeister von der NZZ habe ich länglich über prominente Frauen in den Parteien der radikalen Rechten in Europa gesprochen. Ein paar Ergebnisse aus dieser Unterhaltung sind in den Artikel zu diesem Thema eingeflossen. https://www.nzz.ch/international/meloni-der-rechte-rand-wird-weiblicher-und-das-ist-kein-zufall-ld.1704877
Gespräch mit dpa über die Wahl in Italien und Giorgia Meloni
Mit der dpa habe ich ein längeres Gespräch über die italienischen Rechtsparteien, deren Wahlsieg und die möglichen Konsequenzen für Europa gesprochen. Davon übriggeblieben ist im Agenturtext vergleichsweise wenig – dafür wurde dieser von vielen Medien übernommen, u.a. von der FAZ. https://www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/dpa/arzheimer-italien-wahl-beschert-eu-schwierige-zeiten-18345113.html
Research on the Radical Right in Italy
It is Friday afternoon, and everyone is getting very excited about the Italian elections and the likely success of the far right. So am I. But something irks me. For obvious reasons, Italy is a rather well-studied case of far right mobilisation. Also, obviously, much of the coverage in the media is focused on Meloni,…