Europe for the Europeans : The Foreign and Security Policy of the Populist Radical Right

For the last two decades, the number of political organizations on the far right, neo-populist right and neo-conservative right have been growing in number. Along with the mounting electoral success for many of the parties, there has also been a growing disenchantment with the political class which has led to a revolt against the current political 'establishment.' The events of September 11th and the "War on Terror" have further aggravated tensions within the populations between those who feel they are the "legitimate" citizens of the state and those who are considered "outsiders." The recent expansion of the EU's borders has also brought on fears of a surge of both legal and illegal immigration. All these factors have led to a growing number of cases of harassment and outbursts of violence aimed at asylum seekers and ethnic minorities in Europe. This book measures the effects of neo-populist groups on the current political establishment and illustrates how much political appeal neo-populist views have on making current political policy. Contents......Page 6 List of Tables......Page 8 Notes on Contributors......Page 10 Foreword......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 18 1 Europe for the Europeans: the Foreign and Security Policy of the Populist Radical Right......Page 20 2 Against the ‘Green Totalitarianism’: Anti-Islamic Nativism in Contemporary Radical Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe......Page 52 3 The Aims and Objections of the Austrian Far Right in the Fields of Foreign and Military Politics......Page 74 4 Our Own People First in a Europe of Peoples: The International Policy of the Vlaams Blok......Page 100 5 Nationalism. New Right, and New Cleavages in Danish Politics: Foreign and Security Policy of the Danish People’s Party......Page 122 6 ‘La politique du dehors avec les raisons du dedans’: Foreign and Defence Policy of the French Front National......Page 144 7 ‘Nationalism Ensures Peace’: the Foreign and Security Policy of the German Populist Radical Right After (Re)unification......Page 158 8 The Communist Legacy? – Populist but Not Popular – The Foreign Policies of the Hungarian Radical Right......Page 196 9 Recalcitrant Allies: The Conflicting Foreign Policy Agenda of the Alleanza Nazionale and the Lega Nord......Page 206 10 A Fortuynist Foreign Policy......Page 228 11 The Swiss People’s Party and the Foreign and Security Policy since the 1990s......Page 242 12 Non Angeli, sed Angli: The Neo-populist Foreign Policy of the ‘New’ BNP......Page 258 13 Between Tradition and Transition: The Central European Radical Right and the New European Order......Page 280 14 A Specific Variant of Neo-Populism: Foreign and Security Policies of Extreme Right Parties in the European Parliament Elections in 2004......Page 302 Appendix A: Populist Radical Right Parties......Page 314 A......Page 318 B......Page 319 C......Page 320 D......Page 321 E......Page 322 F......Page 324 G......Page 325 I......Page 327 K......Page 328 L......Page 329 N......Page 330 O......Page 331 P......Page 332 R......Page 333 S......Page 334 T......Page 335 V......Page 336 Z......Page 337

For the last two decades the number of political organizations on the far right, neo-populist right and neo-conservative right has been growing. Along with the mounting electoral success for many of the parties there has also been a growing disenchantment with the political class which has led to a revolt against the current political 'establishment'.

The events of September 11, 2001 and the 'War on Terror' have further aggravated tensions within the populations between those who feel they are the 'legitimate' citizens of the state and those who are considered 'outsiders'. The recent expansion of the EU's borders has also brought on fears of a surge of both legal and illegal immigration. All these factors have led to a growing number of cases of harassment and outbursts of violence aimed at asylum seekers and ethnic minorities in Europe.

This book measures the effects of neo-populist groups on the current political establishment and illustrates how much political appeal neo-populist views have on making current political policy.

For the last two decades the number of political organizations on the far right, neo-populist right and neo-conservative right has been growing. Along with the mounting electoral success for many of the parties there has also been a growing disenchantment with the political class which has led to a revolt against the current political 'establishment'. The events of September 11, 2001 and the 'War on Terror' have further aggravated tensions within the populations between those who feel they are the 'legitimate' citizens of the state and those who are considered 'outsiders'. The recent expansion of the EU's borders has also brought on fears of a surge of both legal and illegal immigration. All these factors have led to a growing number of cases of harassment and outbursts of violence aimed at asylum seekers and ethnic minorities in Europe. This book measures the effects of neo-populist groups on the current political establishment and illustrates how much political appeal neo-populist views have on making current political policy.