Tag: Far-right
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Extreme right group raids in Germany had plans for coup d'état
In an explosive, bizarre and fanatical story, 25 people remain in detention in Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. Wednesday’s arrests amount to one the biggest anti-extremism operations in modern German history. More details are coming to light as to what they had allegedly planned. “This group, that has been eliminated today,…
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Sweden election: Who are the far-right Sweden Democrats and their leader Jimmie Åkesson?
For a party that only got its first politicians into parliament in 2010, the Sweden Democrats have enjoyed a stratospheric rise up the political charts, to the point where they’re poised to be the second biggest party in Sunday’s general election. That’s quite a transition from the fringes of ethno-nationalism to the mainstream of society…