Lega Nord
Far right, far out!
The far-right movement in Europe is resembling a round of shooting stars. In early March, Dutch politician Geert Wilders made big gains in local elections. The Lega Nord (Northern League) in Italy and Jobbik in Hungary too are clocking up the seats in their national parliaments. French ultranationalist Le Pen's daughter Marine continues his legacy. There's also the question of a European underground though, who are cultivating populist anti-islamic, anti-globalisation and regionalist discourse. What is taking place in a Europe of 2010?
- Read the special edition Far right, far out!
- The Netherlands, France, Italy: rise of Europe's right-wing
- Bloc Identitaire: lowdown on France's new far-right
- Germany's far-right: style and tea party shakeup
- Casa Pound Italia: Neo-fascists on the rise
- Understanding nationalist ideology in Hungary: 'enormous potential for violence'
Italian 'White Christmas' gift campaign: if you're an immigrant in Coccaglio, get out
A cleaning operation will have to be completed by 25 December in Coccaglio, a small town in the province of Brescia. It does not involve getting the house in order for christmas dinner, but to evict all immigrants who cannot renew their residence permits by that date. A really nice Christmas present christened 'White Christmas' by the Brescia council
lega nord, racism, christmas, illegal immigrants, umberto bossi, immigration, politics
Italian far-right on Facebook: 'kill them all in Zingonia'
On Facebook, the group ‘Let’s invade Zingonia and kill them all’ has gathered 700 members. Volunteer teacher Miriam talks about how spiralling anti-immigrant rhetoric is making life difficult for Italy’s new arrivals
lega nord, right-wing, right wing extremism, clandestine, neo-fascism, refugee, housing
Meeting a Romanian careworker in Salerno, Italy
In Italy, between 300 - 700, 000 immigrants work as home helps and care assistants for the elderly and the sick. Often, they are female black market employees. Nicole's story
lega nord, eudebate2009, european elections 2009, employment, immigration, testimonio, romania
After 100 days of Berlusconi, a Eurosceptic Italy
The centre-right’s electoral victory in April was due to the 8% of votes won by the Northern League, which now counts four government ministers. The right-wing party criticise the Lisbon treaty and policies towards the Roma, which Brussels defines as discriminatory
lega nord, lega nord, silvio berlusconi, umberto bossi, vlaams belang, politics, italy
Rome: la dolce vita?
Being a geographical centre, Rome traces its own road in balancing the contradictary identities that flow in from the north and the south
lega nord, rome, suburbs, multiculturalism, cities, southern eu, architecture
Violent men: Europe's static south-north gradient
Currently, one in five women in Europe is a victim of violence. Despite the lack of official statistics, the situation in the south mirrors that of the north
The life at the gates: Italy's labour dilemma
While protests raged over proposed labour law changes in France, and heated debate about how to open European markets is taking place in Brussels, the EU's most rigid labour market remains unalarmed
Europe and the Great White North
As a G8 member, a middle power and a welfare state, Canada has much to gain from collaboration with the EU. But while Canadians have no great animosity towards Europe, they have no great interest in it either.
