Matthew Goodwin

While it is tempting to view Europe’s newest anti-Muslim groups as isolated and largely insignificant, their recent emergence reflects how the radical right in Europe has spawned a new generation of activists whose grievances are complicated and difficult to address. Recent research challenges assumptions about who makes up these groups, which may have more political staying power than is commonly thought. more

Though Europe has consistently struggled to escape fully from the shadows of fascism and far-right politics, the landscape of postwar European politics has never truly been “far-right free.” Far from being ephemeral, the far right in postwar Europe has proved to be remarkably resilient. So much so that, today, it could be argued that at no point during the entire postwar era has the challenge from this political tradition appeared so pressing. more