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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

European Politics

VVD party members watch on a screen Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders addressing a speech after the announcement of the first exit polls of the general election, at the VVD party headquarters in The Hague, on November 22, 2023 (JOHN THYS / AFP)
November 23, 2023, 12:27 pm
Far-right anti-Islamist Wilders wins Dutch election, sending shockwaves through Europe
Wilders will begin talks with right and center parties in order to form a coalition, which, if successful, will make him the Netherlands’ most right-wing prime minister ever
By Mike Corder and Raf Casert
People take part in a 'Stand with Palestine' demonstration, close to the Israeli embassy, in West London, on October 9, 2023. (Daniel LEAL/AFP)
October 10, 2023, 1:00 am
European leftists panned for casting blame on Israel over brutal Hamas attack
Left-wing parties and figures from Belfast to Athens avoid condemning terror group, express support for Palestinian cause as war with terrorists unfolds
By AFP and ToI Staff
Greece's Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis votes at a polling station in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. (Yorgos Karahalis/AP)
May 21, 2023, 11:35 pm
Incumbent Greek PM routs competition at ballot box, with second round expected
With most votes counted, Kyriakos Mitsotakis leads his opponent by 20 points; conservative leader expected to call another election in hopes of winning an outright majority
By Hui Min NEO and John Hadoulis
Incumbent President Andrzej Duda flashes a victory sign in Pultusk, Poland, on July 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
July 13, 2020, 10:41 am
Conservative Polish President Duda wins 2nd term after tight race
Populist incumbent’s campaign engaged in anti-Semitic and anti-LGBT rhetoric, warning voters that his liberal opponent would sell out Polish families to Jewish interests
By Vanessa Gera
This combination of pictures shows Polish President Andrzej Duda (R) flashing V-signs after addressing supporters as exit poll results were announced during the presidential election in Lowicz, Poland, on June 28, 2020 and Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a candidate, flashing V-signs to supporters as exit poll results were announced during the presidential election in Warsaw, Poland, on June 28, 2020. (Photos by Wojtek RADWANSKI and JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)
July 13, 2020, 12:18 am
Poland’s momentous presidential runoff too close to call
Election widely seen as referendum on Poland’s future after several years in which ruling Law and Justice Party shifted country increasingly rightward
By Vanessa Gera and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Supporters of Spain's far-right Vox party cheer after the announcement of the general election first results, in Madrid, Spain, November 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)
November 10, 2019, 11:53 pm
Spain sees Socialists win but far-right Vox party surging in national vote
In second election this year, Spanish political divide widens, further exacerbating the country’s parliamentary deadlock
By Aritz Parra and Joseph Wilson
Norbert Hofer addresses the media during a press conference in Vienna, Austria, May 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber)
September 14, 2019, 6:04 pm
Austria’s far-right faction elects leader ahead of national elections
Norbert Hofer is known as the friendly face of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party, but critics call him a dangerous ideologue
By AFP
Former UN secretary-general Kurt Waldheim campaigns for president of Austria at Zistersdorf on April 30, 1986. Documents from the UN, reportedly showing Waldheim's knowledge of Nazi atrocities, were released in May to Israeli officials. (AP Photo/Werner Vollmann)
October 19, 2018, 3:11 pm
In film on Nazi-turned-UN head, director evokes memory of risky postwar populism
Opening Friday, documentary ‘The Waldheim Waltz’ is eerily contemporary, even for those born after the fury surrounding the 1986 election of former Wehrmacht officer Kurt Waldheim
By Jordan Hoffman
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party, Marine Le Pen during a public rally in Pierrelatte, central eastern France, February 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jean Phillipe Kziazek)
February 26, 2017, 7:43 am
Yes, Marine Le Pen could win in France
The same forces that led to the Brexit vote in Britain and Donald Trump’s victory in the United States could carry the far-right firebrand to power
By Guy JACKSON and Guillaume DAUDIN
Muna Duzdar, whose position in Austria is equivalent to deputy foreign minister, visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem, January 6, 2017. (Uri Ishay/JTA)
January 29, 2017, 12:22 am
Austrian official: Being Palestinian doesn’t make me anti-Israel
Born to parents from Jerusalem and Jenin, deputy foreign minister Muna Duzdar, 38, is intimately familiar with the politics of the region, says she sees both sides
By Cnaan Liphshiz
(L-R) Frauke Petry of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), French National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini of Italy's xenophobic Northern League and Geert Wilders of the Dutch far-right Freedom Party arrive for a meeting on January 21, 2017 in Koblenz, Germany. (AFP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)
January 24, 2017, 2:30 pm
Jolted by populist surge, European Jews raise new fears of an old threat
Community leaders from across Continent sound alarm on ‘old anti-Semitism’ as Trump tremors shake both sides of Atlantic
By Raoul Wootliff
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, center, at the Salon Planete PME, a forum for French small and medium businesses, on October 18, 2016, in Paris. (Alain Jocard/AFP)
January 19, 2017, 11:25 am
Europe’s right-wing populists to flex muscles in Germany meeting
Emboldened by Brexit vote and hoping to ride the wave of Trump’s victory, European rightists believe their time has come
By Michelle Fitzpatrick
Maajid Nawaz
December 20, 2016, 2:45 pm
Maajid Nawaz
Europe on a precipice — maybe
Do eerie parallels between the assassinations of Ambassador Karlov and Archduke Ferdinand mean war is on the horizon?
Presidential candidate Norbert Hofer of Austria's far-right Freedom Party waves to supporters during the final election campaign event in Vienna, Austria, on May 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
October 8, 2016, 4:32 am
Austrian far-right pol wins damages over Hitler mustache
Defendant ordered to pay 1,000 euros for Facebook post showing Norbert Hofer with Nazi leader’s distinctive facial hair
By AFP
Chairman of the radical nationalist Jobbik party Gabor Vona, delivers a speech after the parliamentary elections in the Budapest Congress Centre in Budapest, Hungary, April 6, 2014. (AP Photo/MTI, Janos Marjai)
June 7, 2016, 7:25 am
Leader of Hungary’s far-right Jobbik bolsters power
Gabor Vona boots outspoken lawmaker Elod Novak from parliament, but he is replaced by deputies no less radical
By AP
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