Looks Like We Aren't The Only Ones Struggling With 'The Far Right'

[babsbunny]

Gypsy-haters, holocaust-deniers, xenophobes, homophobes, anti-semites: the EU's new political force
By Stephen Castle in Strasbourg
Published: 16 January 2007
Europe's far-right, xenophobic and extremist parties crossed a new threshold yesterday, winning more speaking time, money, and political influence in the European Parliament than ever before.

Claiming the backing of 23 million Europeans, ultra-nationalists secured enough MEPs to make a formal political grouping, underlining the growing challenge posed by the far right across the continent. For the first time since the Second World War a series of elections has swept nationalistic, far-right parties into office in municipal, regional, national and European parliament elections. The admission of Romania and Bulgaria in January of this year brought in enough far-right MEPs to form a bloc.

Mainstream politicians have been struggling for years to contain the threat from hardline nationalists and extremists who have entered coalitions or supported ruling governments in countries such as Austria, Denmark, Poland and Slovakia.


http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2157360.ece

[Gman]

1. They are an insidious and spreading cancer on the world

the world must never let its guard down. The the second to the last time the world let it's guard down, Hitler came to power. The last time, Bush came to power.

[Lord Byron]

2. Far Right here isn't the same as Far Right there

Here Far Right is libertarianesque ultracapitalism anti-federal-government groups.

Over there it's populist nationalism and extremely anti-capitalist. Let's not get hysterical please.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. There are different, contending far rights operating here.

There are those exemplified by Poppy Bush, and then, by his son - they are not the same. There are the dominionist theocrats, and the virulent racists.

They all operate with each other, somewhat, in shifing alliances, and will continue to do so until one or another feels strong enough to pull a "night of the long knives".

That's the problem, here. There are too many targets to be sure of just who we're dealing with.

Hysteria is called for.

[Lord Byron]

4. But that's just false

The European Far Right loathes Bush. The French National Front has been speaking out against the war since day one. There's no alliance between them and Bush. It's Sarkozy who's Bush's man in France.

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. I was referring to the different factions here, not the European

situation. That's what the problem is, here, is everyone has a different definition of Far Right, because of their own experiences with or fears of one or another faction. For my part, for instance, the dominionist theocrats terrify me, and * has been playing them for years - not sure if he actually is one himself, however. His father, OTOH, is clearly what you described, the ultra-capitalist, only good government is the one I'm CEO of, type. Those factions will make different alliances with the European Far Right, which undoubtedly has factions of its own.

The truth is, however, it doesn't matter what the route - the destination is the same. Unbridled control of the population for the benefit of an elite.

EDIT: Possibly, it would be clearer if we had a European system, where like-minded people would gather in different parties; here, most of the Far Right has settled in the republican party (with a few Democrat exceptions), while there we'd have separate parties for *, Poppy Bush, the Reaganites, the dominionists, the White Power party, etc.