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French cartoonist on German neo-nazi terror
Germany has been stunned by the news of three suspects in a secret terror cell in Zwickau which literally got away with murder over the last decade. Is it news well received over the border in France, where Marine Le Pen, head of the national front party well-known for fraternising with neo-nazis itself, is a candidate for 2012 elections?
jean-marie le pen, germany, neo-nazis, extremism, france, right wing extremism, politics
Bloc Identitaire: lowdown on France's new far-right
You couldn't miss them during the regional elections in France between 14 and 21 March. Not that the far-right party, which proclaims to defend the civilisation of 'true Europeans', shone at the voting booths. Other extreme-right parties have now taken up the same anti-islamic mantra
jean-marie le pen, bloc identitaire, ligue du sud, islamic terrorism, front national, islamophobia, populism
The Netherlands, France, Italy: rise of Europe's right-wing
After Geert Wilders in Holland, the1 Le Pen family in France gained the votes at the regional elections on 14 March 2010, confirming the positive trend of extreme righ-wing at the old continent. Together with Italy's Lega Nord, these parties represent a practical example of new right populists who do not like to be labelled 'extremists'
jean-marie le pen, geert wilders, italy, identity, multiculturalism, netherlands, front national
Europe's far-right youth: '10 years ago we were 'Nazi losers'. Now it’s ok to be a Nazi'
Their election scores confirm it; the extreme right parties have got the wind in their sails. A new generation of activists has arrived to take up the duties, and they have profoundly changed the way in which the extreme right does politics
jean-marie le pen, advertising, neo-nazis, front national, npd, web 2.0, right wing extremism
Spain’s extreme right: no to Turkey, no to globalisation
The Spanish people’s party’s failed attempts to create a strongly right-wing organisation has provoked up to six groups from this spectrum into planning their candidacy in the next European elections on 7 June, but their prospects look bleak
jean-marie le pen, extrema derecha, economy, european elections 2009, enlargement, power, immigration
Anti-immigration, eurosceptic 'freedom party': what Geert Wilders wants
The far right Dutch party has gained four seats in European parliament elections: to date, it is the second best result in Netherlands, after the christian democrats with 5. Participation has fallen to 36.5%. Dutch press and analysts say it may provoke new parliamentary elections, because the ruling coalition (of the christian democrats and the social democrats) has been weakened
jean-marie le pen, geert wilders, terrorism, conservatives, fitna, theo van gogh, holland
Anti Jean-Marie Le Pen amendment: EU parliament wants to conceal the extremists
The French nationalist, now in his eighties, is the oldest MEP. As such, if he is returned, the honour falls to him to chair the inaugural meeting on 14 July. However his revisionist assertions, repeated many times, disturb his fellow euro MPs. What action can be taken when European democracy is tainted with extremism?
jean-marie le pen, geert wilders, élections européennes, front national, european elections 2009, power, extremism
France’s European migrants disenfranchised
The majority of European migrants in France have no voice in the upcoming elections. They describe the nationalistic overtones of the presidentials as 'overwhelming'
Join the Le Pen and Mussolini club
Representing a mere 2.5% of the EU chamber, the new far-right group in parliament is receiving the political cold shoulder
jean-marie le pen, right wing extremism, european union, nationalism, european parliament, right-wing, bulgaria
The French connection: why the suburbs are burning
Why is it only in France that there are suburbs up in flames? Perhaps because there is a link between Le Pen's 2002 victory, the No vote to the European Constitution and the recent outbreaks of violence.
The Eurosceptics have won the day
Abstention and nationalism have seen the triumph of the Eurosceptics. Outlook for Europe after the elections of the 13th of June, from Ljubljana to Belgrade.
Learning from Le Pen
European politicians have much to learn from the electoral campaigns of public enemy No. 1, Jean-Marie Le Pen. Particularly for the European parliamentary elections this June 10-13.
Should the National Front be banned?
The French extreme right party instils fear by its rhetoric of violence and exclusion. But should democracy be afraid of the dangers of freedom of expression?
Banning the French National Front: when democracy hides its face
What if the debate on banning the French National Front is only hiding a deeper crisis, that of a society that has run out of political courage?
We are all French
Behind Le Pen's achievement there is a radical crisis concerning the concept of state and nation. After the elation of Chirac's triumph these problems remain. For other European states as well as France.
The anti-Le Pen protest reaches Rome
The French in Rome have expressed their solidarity with the demonstrators back home in front of the French Embassy.
The Euro and Nationalism
Last week I read on the Café Babel´s web-pages the article of three French authors called The Euro, a bridge between nations, a window on the future?. The title of this article was a question, but I haven´t found any satisfactory answer in the text followed.
