Tag: European far right

  • A Dual Struggle for the Present and Future of Europe

    A Dual Struggle for the Present and Future of Europe

    Back in 2013, in his provocative article ‘The Latin Empire should strike back’, Giorgio Agamben revived the idea of a union of southern European countries, a proposal first launched by another philosopher, Alexandre Kojève. During the ongoing economic crisis, we have read and heard many times about the north-south divide within the European Union or…

  • Queerness and the Gay-Friendly Right Wing in Europe

    Queerness and the Gay-Friendly Right Wing in Europe

    How homophobic is the European far right? While right-wing populist parties do not particularly stand out as the most gay-friendly ones, many of their supporters would probably say that they’re not homophobic at all! Increasingly, parties such as the Front National (FN) in France, the Dutch Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV), or the German Alternative…