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EU worried about far-right push in French elections - 24 April 2012 - News

European Union ministers meeting yesterday (23 April) in Luxembourg said they were concerned over the rise of French nationalist party in Sunday’s presidential elections.

Belgian far-right emulates the Dutch xenophobic website - 10 April 2012 - News

Vlaams Belang, a Belgian far-right party, launched a website today (10 April) that invites people to report crimes committed by illegal immigrants, mirroring a similar site in the Netherlands set up by the far-right Freedom Party.

Merkel suffers regional poll defeat, far right wins seats - 05 September 2011 - News

Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right bloc suffered another stinging defeat yesterday (4 September) in a regional election in Germany's poorest state, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with both her conservatives and their Free Democrat allies losing support.

French far-right endeavours to improve its image - 28 April 2011 - News

The new leader of France's National Front, Marine Le Pen, warned skinheads to stay away from its annual labour day parade this weekend, stepping up efforts to improve the far-right party's image ahead of elections next year.

France's far-right leader rides on anti-migrant wave - 15 March 2011 - News

The head of France's far right National Front party, Marine Le Pen, criticised yesterday (14 March) what she described as slack controls that had allowed tens of thousands of clandestine immigrants into Europe through Sicily.

Expert: Front National claims EU 'threatens France's roots' - 21 January 2011 - Interview

New Front National leader Marine Le Pen will campaign against Brussels as a threat to French independence, heritage and jobs, Sylvain Crépon, a researcher at Nanterre University and an expert on the far right, told EurActiv.fr in an interview.

Socialists call for isolation of extremist parties - 18 October 2010 - News

The Party of European Socialists (PES) called last week (15 October) on all political parties to agree to a proposed code of conduct, which prohibits electoral alliances with any party from inciting ethnic prejudices and racial hatred.

Far right makes strides in Swedish election - 20 September 2010 - News

Sweden yesterday (19 September) became the latest EU country to see its political establishment rocked by the electoral success of an anti-immigrant party. As polls closed, the ruling coalition had failed to win an overall majority, with the far-right Sweden Democrats holding the balance of power.

De Gucht apologises for having offended Jews - 06 September 2010 - News

European Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht apologised on 3 September for comments he made about Jews in a recent interview. The European Commission distanced itself from the offensive statements, but that did not stop commentators and Jewish organisations from talking of a "new wave" of anti-Semitism and racism across Europe.

Hungary's centre-right party vows to ban foreign land buys - 01 April 2010 - News

Hungary's opposition European People's Party-affiliated Fidesz will bar foreigners from buying arable land indefinitely if it wins elections next month, party leader Viktor Orban said on 31 March. Fidesz is widely expected to obtain an absolute majority in parliament.

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