Ignored by authorities, emboldened by Brexit, Europe’s far right is surging

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The result of Britain’s referendum on EU membership has strengthened far-right activism across Europe. In the UK there have been reports of public racist abuse, while far-right-leaning parties across the continent have taken advantage of the situation to call for their own referendums. There is a danger that an already polarised political environment will become even more broken with some individuals choosing a path to violence in response.

Extreme rightwing terrorism has been a growing problem in Europe for some time. A recent study by a consortium led by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) highlighted that when looking at the phenomenon of “lone actor” terrorism in particular (terrorist acts conducted by individuals without any clear direction from an outside group), the extreme right wing was responsible for as many as Islamist extremists. And not all were random one-off killers – Anders Breivik was able to butcher 77 people in a murderous rampage in Norway. What was particularly worrying was the fact that these individuals sat at the far end of a spectrum of extremists that included elements closer to the mainstream.

Despite an apparent increase in extreme rightwing violence, there has been less attention paid to it by authorities.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/28/brexit-europe-far-right-rightwing-extremists-politics-terrorism

 

 

[Luiz 4,253]

The election of Britler is imminent  

[Katharine Hepburn 4,607]

Can you stop making these lame society threads, I'm sick of heart about this stuff. This isn't newsdaily

[lego 44,165]

7 minutes ago, CustomGueseppi said:

Can you stop making these lame society threads, I'm sick of heart about this stuff. This isn't newsdaily

 

Nope.

No one is forcing you to read or reply to any of the World News topics.

 

[honza 2,194]

2 hours ago, CustomGueseppi said:

Can you stop making these lame society threads, I'm sick of heart about this stuff. This isn't newsdaily

wtf these are literally things that endanger lives of millions of people  

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3 hours ago, Honza said:

wtf these are literally things that endanger lives of millions of people  

Threads about the danger Katy Perry's album release would be to Beyonce's sales are far more important.

[AyaKara 2,282]

Hey YourSweet666, I cropped some more of the article out of the OP. Thank you for providing the link at the bottom

[Didymus 34,380]

Thanks for sharing! Interesting read.