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Europe is in thrall to the far right – that’s the result of appeasement by so-called moderates | Gordon Brown

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Far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has just won the east German regional elections in Thuringia and came second in Saxony .

Europe now has seven governments with hard-right parties in control or in coalition, with Austria likely to be next.

The spectre haunting Europe is not communism, as Karl Marx once wrote, but far-right extremism.

The far-right Japan First party marches under the banner of “” (“ Japan first ”) India first ’ has been adopted by prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party.

In all, about 50 countries have already gone to the polls in 2024 .

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