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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Geert Wilders failed in government, but the far right retains its grip on the Netherlands | Cas Mudde

The Netherlands faces recurring elections driven by political fragmentation, growing far-right influence, media normalization of extremist parties, and resulting governmental instability.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

The Berlin-based researchers found that as the far right moved from fringe issues in the late 1990s to topics such as integration and migration, mainstream parties had increasingly reshaped their communications to respond, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate. The overarching result had crucial implications for democracy, said Teresa Volker, a political sociologist at Berlin Social Science Center and co-author of the study.
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