ELECTION UPDATE: Far right racist Finns party just 0.1% from first place
The racist far right Finns Party has come within a whisker of winning Finland’s parliamentary elections on Sunday 14 April. Details of the results plus a guest post from Finland, by Laurens Mallinder, looking at the party’s background and its nazi links.
Hungary: more protests on the streets amid calls for general strike
The movement against Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán returned to the streets of Budapest on Saturday 5 January. Orbán is nervous. For the first time since his initial election victory in 2010 the trade unions are threatening a general strike and anti-government protests have broken out beyond the capital.
ANALYSIS – The street and the ballot box: Tommy Robinson and UKIP come together
A march of thousands led by “Tommy Robinson” and UKIP leader Gerard Batten marked the first outing of a new project for the far right in Britain – bringing together a racist street movement and what was once a traditional electoral party, UKIP. The move marks a new direction for the far right in Britain – but it has antecedents elsewhere…
UPDATED 22 Dec – Eyewitness report from Budapest: Back on the streets
#01G is our slogan. You see it everywhere, on placards, graffitied on the streets and last night it was projected onto Sándor Palace. It literally means “Orbán is a wanker”. In a country where people are terrified of the authoritarian state, this is a big step… Roland Lakatos reports from Budapest
POLAND: fascists lead Europe’s largest far right demo – eywitness report and analysis, photos and video
Today’s Independence March in the Polish capital Warsaw – organised by fascist and ultranationalist groups – was big, nasty and emboldened.
IRELAND: runner-up’s vote surges after racist rant in presidential election
UPDATED: 8.20pm with final election results