Children's Web magazine...
Entertaining , Educational, Fun,Informative and MORE

The far right is a political label which is given to parties that embrace the idea that one group is naturally better than another. Often, these parties tend to either be fascist or racist, alongside having more extremely reactionary ideologies. One of the most famous far right parties known is the Nazi party. Since 2010, the number of far right parties are rising across Europe as people begin to adopt more extreme views in relation to current events such as terrorism and immigration. 

A well known far right party in the UK is the British National Party. It was formed in 1982 and is now led by Adam Walker. The BNP’s views include abolishing student tuition fees, restoring capital punishment and ending immigration (also forcing ‘Muslim’ countries to take back their immigrants). The BNP were at their peak back in 2010, with 563,743 votes in the general election however their popularity seems to have slipped with other parties such as UKIP gaining more popularity. 

In France, the National Front is a popular mainstream far-right party with their president being Marie le Pen. Typical beliefs of the National Front consist of reducing immigration, banning dual-citizenship for non-Europeans, allowing women to have abortions, only allowing child support for French families and leaving the euro. Recently, the National Front is gaining more and more supporters as in the last presidential election they received 6,421,426 votes. 

What may seem as an unlikely country to have a popular far-right party, Switzerland’s Swiss People’s Party has racked up 29% of the peoples’ votes in the recent national election. Led by Albert Rösti, the party believes in reducing immigration, remaining a neutral country and is opposed to governmental measures for environmental protection. Additionally, it is sceptical of the governments aim to equalise men and women. 

The Netherlands’ far right party is called the Party for Freedom as it advocates for “freedom” from the EU and “freedom” from Islam. Leader Geert Wilder, known for saying, “I don’t hate muslims, I hate Islam”, calls for the shut down of all Islamic schools and to record the ethnicity of everyone in The Netherlands. The party has currently has 4 seats in the European parliament but is estimated to grow. 

Another party that goes by a similar name is the Austrian Freedom Party. The party leader, Norbert Hofer, has managed to rack up 49.7% of the votes in the most recent election. Despite claiming to be centre-right as opposed to far-right however to some, that might be questionable. Hofer carries a 9mm pistol, believing it to be a “natural consequence” of immigration and has been spotted wearing the blue cornflower which is an old Nazi symbol. 

Overall, the far-right in Europe is rising and it’s rising fast. The suggested causes for this are immigration and a sluggish economy. Many of these parties and more across Europe are doing extremely well and are only expected to do better. 

https://twitter.com/jayman471/status/456257949661278209