Xenophobic nationalists hope to dominate Europe’s next parliament. Mainstream parties must not work with them
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister, this week announced the creation of an alliance of radical rightwing parties called “Toward a Europe of common sense”, which will attempt to become the largest group in the European parliament after next month’s EU elections. Frightening stuff. But how genuine is the threat?
Could a new quasi-fascist axis be forming in Europe? In his 2004 book, The Anatomy of Fascism, the American historian Robert Paxton wrote about the importance of distinguishing “ugly but isolated imitations [of fascism], with their shaved heads and swastika tattoos, from authentic functional equivalents in the form of a mature fascist-conservative alliance”.
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