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Europe's Far-Right

A wave of far-right politics is ricocheting through Europe.

The far-right threat to liberal democracy in Europe, explained

By Cas Mudde

The rise of Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s new far-right prime minister, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

The far right is having a moment in Europe. Actually, everywhere.

By Jen Kirby

The European country where “replacement theory” reigns supreme

By Zack Beauchamp

Ron DeSantis is following a trail blazed by a Hungarian authoritarian

By Zack Beauchamp

Why is it Macron and Le Pen, again?

By Jen Kirby

Europe’s other threat to democracy

By Zack Beauchamp

22 things we think will happen in 2022

By Dylan Matthews, Kelsey Piper, and 1 more

22 predictions we made in 2021, and the 13 we got right

By Dylan Matthews, Sigal Samuel, and 1 more

The American right’s favorite strongman

By Zack Beauchamp

Why the alt-right loves ancient Rome

By Sean Illing

The rot at the heart of American democracy

By Sean Illing

The “Green wave” and 4 other takeaways from the European parliamentary elections

By Jen Kirby

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s dramatic ouster from power, explained

By Alex Ward

How a far-right politician’s scandal brought down Austria’s government

By Alex Ward

This filmmaker spent months interviewing neo-Nazis and jihadists. Here’s what she learned.

By Sean Illing

Fascism: a warning from Madeleine Albright

By Sean Illing

A 1951 book about totalitarianism is flying off the shelves. Here's why.

By Sean Illing

Reciprocal rage: why Islamist extremists and the far right need each other

By Sean Illing

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It happened there: how democracy died in Hungary

A new kind of authoritarianism is taking root in Europe — and there are warning signs for America.

By Zack Beauchamp

George Soros is not a Nazi, explained

By Jane Coaston

I interview interesting people for Vox. Here are the 5 coolest conversations I had in 2017.

By Sean Illing

A grad student spent 12 months undercover in Europe's alt-right movement

By Sean Illing

“Trapped in a cage they had all built”: one of Greece’s most notorious leaders on the EU

By Sean Illing

Two eminent political scientists: The problem with democracy is voters

By Sean Illing

Trump ran as a populist. He's governing as an elitist. He's not the first.

By Sean Illing

6 things to watch as Macron takes office in France

By Sean Illing

France just rejected the far right and elected Emmanuel Macron

By Sarah Wildman

What the French election tells us about the rise of populism

By Sean Illing

A political scientist explains how multiculturalism’s “success” gave us Trump

By Sean Illing

Populism, defined in 170 words

By Sean Illing

Dutch populist Geert Wilders lost. Europe's leaders are publicly breathing sighs of relief.

By Sarah Wildman

Geert Wilders, the Islamophobe some call the Dutch Donald Trump, explained

By Sarah Wildman

Dictionary.com’s 2016 word of the year is “xenophobia.” 2015’s word was “identity.”

By German Lopez

Nigel Farage, Brexit's biggest booster, is speaking at a Trump rally in Mississippi

By Libby Nelson

Brexit was fueled by irrational xenophobia, not real economic grievances

By Zack Beauchamp

Brexit isn’t about economics. It’s about xenophobia.

By Zack Beauchamp

Nigel Farage on Brexit vote result: we won it “without a single bullet being fired”

By Jennifer Williams

Vox Sentences: Xenophobia doesn’t always win: London elects Muslim mayor

By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews

Donald Trump has gone too far for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen

By Matthew Yglesias