Tag: extremism

  • Whose Failure is the Rise of the Far Right?

    Whose Failure is the Rise of the Far Right?

    In recent years several EU countries have been facing a growing support for far right parties. Slovakia, my home country, is not an exception here. A couple of years ago the Slovak Prime Minister and leader of the social democratic party Smer, Robert Fico was asked if he felt any personal responsibility in this matter.…

  • Reflex-Based Politics is Bad Politics

    Reflex-Based Politics is Bad Politics

    Do you know who is Prime Minister of the State Saxony? Probably not. Stanislaw Tillich was fairly unknown outside Germany until recently, and even within Germany very few people had ever heard of him. Saxony has recently hit the headlines as being a hotspot for German xenophobia with the highest number of xenophobic attacks on…