The Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe: The Contemporary Extreme Right Opportunistically Appeals--Just Like the Fascists and Nazis of the Past--to Various Groups with Diverging Interests and Values (Twenty Years of Democratic Transformation‪)‬

Extreme right-wing parties have reemerged on the European political landscape. Since the nineties, their rhetoric has rang through parliamentary debates, presidential elections, and even during executive meetings of some European governments. Extremist demonstrations in various Czech towns and hateful TV advertisements have also brought this European reality directly onto our doorstep. With regard to the current economic crisis, it seems appropriate to analyze the intentions of extreme right-wing parties. What is their ideological platform and political strategy? And how do they differ from the fascists and Nazis of pre-war Europe?