This essay, on whether the label “far right” still has any meaning, was published in the Observer on 16 June 2024 under the headline “Far-right policies don’t become palatable just because mainstream politicians adopt them”. Far right? Hard right? Radical right? Or just plain right? The success in the recent EU elections of parties such as Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National, or RN, (the rebadged Front National), and Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), has generated a debate about whether the […]

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