In the next national Parliament, the far-right Alternative for Germany party is likely to remain a pariah force. But it looks assured, too, of a role in shaping the country’s future.
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Member of Greece’s Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Arrested After 9 Months on the Run
Christos Pappas, the party’s deputy leader who was taken into custody in Athens, will join the rest of the party’s leadership in prison.
Elite German Police Unit Disbanded Over Far-Right Group Chat
The move against the unit in Frankfurt is the latest by German authorities to clamp down on a rise in far-right networks in several state security units and in the military.
From Doomsday Preppers to Doomsday Plotters
Far-right movements have long dreamed of a moment that ends society as we’ve known it. Now, experts say, so-called accelerationist thinking is proliferating in ways that could destabilize democracy.
Greek Neo-Nazi With Seat in European Parliament Is Sent to Prison
Ioannis Lagos was a leading member of the extreme-right and now-defunct Golden Dawn, which rose to political prominence in 2012 at the peak of the Greece’s financial crisis.
Greek Neo-Nazi Lawmaker Stripped of Immunity by European Parliament
Ioannis Lagos, sentenced to 13 years in prison by a Greek court for his part in running the fascist Golden Dawn party, had been immune from extradition as an elected member of the European Union’s legislature.
London Police Officer Convicted of Membership in Neo-Nazi Group
Benjamin Hannam, 22, is the first British police officer to be convicted of a terrorism offense, according to the local news media. He joined the neo-Nazi group National Action in 2016 and became a police officer in 2018.
Russia Trying to Stoke U.S. Racial Tensions Before Election, Officials Say
Russian intelligence services are trying to incite violence by white supremacist groups to sow chaos in the United States, American intelligence officials said.
Germany Places Far-Right AfD Party Under Surveillance for Extremism
It is the first time in Germany’s postwar history that a party represented in the federal Parliament has elicited this level of scrutiny as a potential threat to democracy.
Canada Formally Declares Proud Boys a Terrorist Group
The designation could see bank accounts linked to the group frozen and assets seized, while also expanding police investigative powers.