If you are an American who depends on the U.S. and other English-language media for news about continental European politics—and most Americans obviously do—then you might well be afraid that a wave of fascism is poised to sweep Europe.
The European Conservative, obviously, is a great source of news and information about Europe for our American readers—and I hope with this column to help American conservatives better understand what’s going on with the European Right—because there are very few venues for them to do so.
American and British news agencies are reporting that the ‘far-right’ party VOX is likely to do well in this weekend’s Spanish elections. The ‘far-right’ Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is surging in German opinion polls. It seems like just yesterday that the “far-right” party of Giorgia Meloni topped Italian elections. ‘Far-right’ parties are key to governing coalitions in Finland and Sweden.
