German interior ministry has banned 'Kingdom of Germany' terming it a 'threat to democracy'. The Reichsbuerger movement has been under observation since 2016.
The far-right AfD becoming the second-largest formation in Germany's Reichstag raises serious questions about the growing challenges to the democratic structures of Europe.
Le Pen shocked the world by reaching the 2002 presidential run-off, losing in a landslide to Jacques Chirac as voters rejected bringing the far right to power since the 1940s.
Activist Michael Stürzenberger & 6 others were injured in an attack at far-Right rally which was live streamed on YouTube. 25-yr-old assailant was shot at by police & is under treatment.
Emergence of the far-Right predicted amid higher inflation, energy crisis, cyber espionage cases & negotiations around accession of Ukraine and Bosnia to the EU.
Vocally anti-Islam Wilders has vowed to halt all immigration, slash Dutch payments to the European Union and block the entrance of any new members, including Ukraine.
On 9 Nov 1923, Hitler & Nazi Party tried to overthrow Weimar Republic but were stopped by police. Plotters said to be inspired by far-right Reichsbürger movement & QAnon conspiracists.
Along with leveraging women’s fear of immigrants taking their jobs, the Right also spreads unsubstantiated theories of immigrants as perpetrators of sexual violence.
Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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