Thomas ● Adolf ● AfD
Posted by Thomas Klikauer The 6th of June 2025 marked the 150th birthday of novelist and Nobel Prize winner Thomas...
Extreme right-wing movements
“The operation was successful, but the patient died”: Romania, the EU and the far right
Carmen Rafanell, Florentin Cassonnet, Réalité (in French), 30 May 2025 Critic Atac (in Romanian), 5 June 2025 This dialogue...
Neo-Nazis reshaping German history
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Not too long after the formation of Germany’s most successful Neo-Nazi party in the year 2013...
Conservatism and neo-nazism in Germany today
Posted by Thomas Klikauer The image above shows Germany’s CDU-boss Friedrich Merz in a classical position opposite Germany’s neo-fascist AfD...
The Polish presidential elections in context
Vladimir Mitev, Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat On the night of 1–2 June 2025, the Cross-border Talks team — Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat and Vladimir...
Resisting an authoritarian takeover – lessons from Germany
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Ever since its inception, Germany’s the neo-fascist AfD has climbed in public polling and election results. ...
Wolves in sheep’s clothing
For several years, I accompanied the descendants of the Romanian legionaries to commemorations and memorial services, and spoke with leaders...
Concerns for Romania’s future after the presidential elections: financial uncertainty and political instability
Vladimir Mitev, Mediapool, 11 May 2025 At the end of the week following the first round of the presidential elections, signs...
A political era is ending in Romania. The next one could be even worse
France had Gaullism. Argentina had Peronism, an ideology based on the legacy of its former president Juan Domingo Perón. Trumpism...
Germany’s far right attacks press freedom
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Perhaps even before a free press emerged during a period known as Enlightenment, reactionary forces tried...
