Tag: Far right

• Wednesday, July 26th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  Spain dodges a far-right bullet, Socialists poised to return to office

  

  By Shlomo Ben-Ami (*)
  
  A few days ago, the Vox party appeared to be on the cusp of becoming the first far-right party in Spain’s government since the end of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship nearly 50 years ago. That did not happen, but Spanish politics may nonetheless be headed for a new and volatile chapter.

• Thursday, March 4th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  France bans extreme right group which incited hatred, violence and attacks immigrants

  

  France agreed on Wednesday to ban the far-right group Generation Identity. Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said it took into account the group's “structure and military organization,” adding that GI can be regarded “as having the character of a private militia.”

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 21:06 UTC

  Facebook removes 900 accounts associated with far right violent groups

  

  Facebook on Tuesday removed almost 900 accounts associated with the far-right Proud Boys and American Guard, including those belonging to Proud Boys supporters who marched into a protest zone in Seattle last Monday and confronted anti-racist demonstrators.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 12:19 UTC

  Brazilian federal police raids and arrests Bolsonaro followers for funding “anti democratic” activities

  

  Brazilian federal police have raided supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused by prosecutors of funding “anti-democratic” activities. The raids follow the arrest of an affiliated far-right activist.

• Monday, September 9th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Germany stunned by the election of a neo-Nazi as head of town council, with votes from democratic parties

  

  The unanimous election of a neo-Nazi politician in Germany as the head of a town council, thanks to votes from rival party members, has sparked outrage among senior political figures.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 18:58 UTC

  Uruguayan Conservative Party integrates neo-Nazi member

  

  The political party of the former commander in chief of the National Army and candidate for president of Uruguay, Guido Manini Ríos, faces for the second time in a month an internal resolution on a member with a neo-Nazi past.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Bolsonaro: Brazil owes nothing to the world regarding the environment

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said his country “does not owe the world anything” when it comes to the environment. The far-right leader, who is critical of the Paris climate change accord, was speaking in Chile following Friday’s launch of the Forum for the Progress of South America (PROSUR), a conservative-minded group of South American leaders.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  Trump and the “Trump of the tropics” exchange conservative praise

  

  United States president Donald Trump and Brazil’s new leader Jair Bolsonaro forged a bond over their shared brand of conservative and populist politics on Tuesday, with Trump pledging to give more U.S. support to Brazil’s global ambitions.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  UK counter terrorism expert warns about far-right violent extremism

  

  The retiring head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK has warned of the growing threat of far-right terrorism. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, who will retire from the Met Police next month, said four extreme-right terror plots were disrupted last year. Ten Islamist-inspired plots have been foiled since March last year, he added.