Europe's Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right

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With ‘extreme right’ are meant political parties running for office and positioned to the right of traditional conservative parties. With right-wing extremism finally recognised by the mainstream as a fundamental threat to Europe's future, her indictment of those who enabled, amplified, and aided the rise of the hard right is an essential contribution to the defense of democratic values. While there was a pushback against the New Right and this trajectory during the mid-1990s – seen in, for example, the progressive reform of citizenship laws in some parts of the European Union – this has been a brief blip in a move ever rightwards. The Balkan and Mediterranean countries, as well as Turkey, with their much denser populations living in regions at high risk, have a long history of destructive and deadly earthquakes. This has led to an array of extreme-right parties gaining ground and indeed power, taking advantage of ‘the comfort of the sticking-plaster of nationalism’ (p.

Part of this knowledge is now also being used by geologists, seismologists and engineers as part of the STREST project, which by the time it finishes in 2016 hopes to have developed a common way of evaluating the risk to critical infrastructure, and have identified the key buildings, bridges, roads and pipelines that would have the greatest impact on our society if they were damaged during an earthquake. If we fail to stem the tide of fascism currently enveloping Europe they must share some of the blame. Exit and other private-sector networks such as Against Violent Extremism (AVE) attempt to push skinheads into fun activities and see them as simply street gangs – a social problem, not a political one – with grievances that need to be addressed and understood. It can be useful for future policies regarding different kinds of buildings and infrastructure such as dams, tall buildings or even bridges.This book sadly reads as an overly ideological and subjective analysis on the rise of the right, rather than offering any substantial insights into why the far right is gaining support across Europe. Fekete provides an accessible and stimulating discussion on the roles of the state, intellectuals, the media, and uneven development in the triumph of the right in our age of crisis and rage . This marks the beginning of a process of the ‘othering’ of certain communities via a move away from discussions of race, pluralism and inclusivity toward one of culture and identity. France’s and Italy’s naval presence in Cypriot territorial waters is a critical policy objective for Nicosia, which seeks to translate those countries’ economic stakes in eastern Mediterranean energy into a form of security guarantee to defend its sovereignty.

This has been heightened by ‘the German perception that it foots the bills and assumes the burden of leadership’ (p.In Europe's Fault Lines, Liz Fekete has not only written an excellent study of how racism is once again being normalised but how, in turn, it is acting as cloak under which fascism is resurgent.