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Rise of Europe’s right-wing movements

The 2024 European elections were indicative of a growing center-right and far-right trend in Europe. The impact has particularly been felt in France, where after the massive success of the far right National Front. In surprise centre-right president Emmanuel Macron called for snap elections. The Wire’s contributor Jahan Rezakhanlou asked, Bertrand Bourgeois, senior lecturer of …

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Liberal bastion no more? Border control to tighten amid EU swing to right

Last year, we saw a number of countries in the European Union swing to the far right including Italy, Sweden, Germany and France.     This was followed by EU leaders announcing tougher border control measures to keep out asylum seekers –amid conflict in surrounding regions.  More recently, the head of Finland’s conservative National Coalition …

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