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The annual CPAC conference has contributed to the popularisation of the term "national conservatism" in Europe, bringing together ultra-conservative and far-right politicians from the US and EU (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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Calling a spade a spade? How to categorise Europe’s fractious new far-right

by Piet Ruig, Brussels,

After the Alternative for Germany (AfD) this week teamed up with various other parties on the furthest rightwing fringe of the political spectrum, the European Parliament now has three parties to the right of the centre-right European People's Party: the AfD's self-styled “Sovereignist...

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EU Political Analysis

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Piet Ruig is a Brussels-based journalist who previously worked for the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO.

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The annual CPAC conference has contributed to the popularisation of the term "national conservatism" in Europe, bringing together ultra-conservative and far-right politicians from the US and EU (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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Piet Ruig is a Brussels-based journalist who previously worked for the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO.

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