How it started: far right governments as an exception A decade or two ago, far right governments were a rarity in Europe. Of course, there were the Berlusconi governments of the 1990s and early 2000s that included the radical right Lega (then still the Lega Nord) and the post-fascist Alleanza Nazionale, i.e. the rebranded MSI.…
With just two days to go, this is my last look at AfD support in the polls before the 2024 EP elections.
This is an excellent longread, which is based on actual science: the author has talked to many colleagues and me, and much of what we told him made it into the final product.
Mit dem Handelsblatt habe ich ausführlich über die Hintergründe des öffentlich ausgetragenen Streits zwischen dem Rassemblement National und der AfD (bzw. Krah) gesprochen. Der Artikel ist momentan nicht hinter einer Paywall. https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/europawahl-nach-ss-eklat-afd-spitze-greift-gegen-krah-durch-01/100039144.html
I gave 20 minutes of my life to a journalist who wrote up the story of Germany’s biggest terrorism trial “for an American audience”, which is a phrase that inspires all sorts of despair. But one of my many wonderful quotes made it into the final product. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/21/prince-heinrich-reichsburger-plot-trial
Why had support for the AfD ballooned? And has it really come down in time for the 2024 EP elections?
Germany’s radical right AfD party is in trouble. Here is an incomplete catalogue of their current problems.
I somehow missed this excellent interview with Vicente Valentim on his research into the dynamics of the radical right’s normalisation in Europe, but nearly two years later, it has become even more relevant. Reading it is well worth your time and attention.
The subfield of radical right studies is exploding. Click here for the latest on the latest research.
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