September
Austrian far right wins vote, but won’t form government
Despite the Freedom Party winning the most votes for the first time in a national election, its leader, Herbert Kickl, appears unlikely to play a role in the next cabinet.
- Marton Eder and Jonathan Tirone
August
Why Telegram became the go-to app for troublemakers
A light-touch approach to content moderation means the software is now a prime target for governments trying to stop criminal activities and misinformation.
- Eleanor Thornber and Jeff Stone
July
- Opinion
- World politics
Why does France’s far right get stronger with each election?
The Western nation has not responded well to the challenges of globalisation, which is a problem that also applies to the whole of Europe.
- Adrian Blundell-Wignall
Markets on tenterhooks as French politicians jostle for power
France’s left-wing parties are scrambling for a way to break the political impasse created by President Emmanuel Macron’s snap parliamentary election.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- World elections
How it all went wrong for Le Pen’s National Rally
The second round of the election was framed as a referendum for or against the hard right party, and the French clearly came out against.
- Henry Samuel and Rebecca Rosman
June
Markets hit after Macron calls snap French election
The euro fell and European markets tumbled after far-right parties made big gains in EU elections, prompting French PM Emmanuel Macron to call a snap poll.
- Updated
- Raf Casert and Lorne Cook
September 2022
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Amid global tensions, Australia looks for regional friends
Penny Wong’s foreign policy is taking on an increasingly different tone from that of her Coalition predecessors, with low-key meetings to cement relationships with our closest neighbours.
- Andrew Clark
April 2021
Confessions of a former alt-right YouTuber
The methods are simple: focus on conflict, feed the algorithm, make sure whatever you produce reinforces a narrative, and don’t worry about whether it is true.
- Cade Metz
March 2021
‘Horrific’: Hate crime fears as six Asian women shot dead in Atlanta
US police say a 21-year-old man who killed eight people in a shooting rampage in Atlanta said he had a sex addiction and that the crimes were not racially motivated.
- Kate Brumback
Two charged over assault of US Capitol officer who died after riot
The two men were part of the US Capitol riots encouraged by Donald Trump in an effort to overthrow Joe Biden’s presidency on January 6.
- Michael Balsamo
February 2021
Canada formally declares Proud Boys a terrorist group
The Proud Boys was among 13 groups added to the government’s terrorism list, including three other far-right or neo-Nazi groups.
- Ian Austen
January 2021
'We all got played': QAnon fans in shock as reality of defeat dawns
As Joe Biden was sworn in peacefully and Donald Trump slunk away to Florida, many extremist conspiracy theorists finally began to wonder if they had been duped.
- Drew Harwell and Craig Timberg
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Free speech is not a free pass
The right to freedom of expression cannot be interpreted as a right to incite crime or violence.
- Craig Emerson
November 2020
Far right a bigger threat to West than Islamic State: terrorism index
Lone wolf attacks from far-right extremists are a growing threat to Western democracies, a report says.
- Emma Connors
October 2020
- Analysis
- Conspiracy theories
QAnon is thriving in Germany, and the extreme right is delighted
In Germany, like in the United States, far-right activists were the first to make QAnon an unexpected and volatile new political element when the authorities were already struggling to root out extremist networks.
- Updated
- Katrin Bennhold
Proud Boys' trade in political violence finds moment in the sun
The far-right band of brothers who have turned street thuggery into political theatre were not quite a household name before Donald Trump told them to "stand back and stand by".
- Neil MacFarquhar, Alan Feuer, Mike Baker and Sheera Frenkel
June 2020
Coronavirus crisis gives eco-fascism a boost
The idea that lockdowns have given the planet a reprieve has been swiftly hijacked by far-right, nationalist movements.
- Sarah Manavis
April 2019
- Analysis
- Analysis
Australian intolerance is growing
The popularity of the populist right points to an uncomfortable truth that both major political parties will have to confront in next month's federal poll.
- Aaron Patrick