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The Fuel That Feeds Europe’s Far Right: Nostalgia and Lost Pride

The populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand.

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Attendees at a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday in central Schwerin, Germany.

The Fuel That Feeds Europe’s Far Right: Nostalgia and Lost Pride

The populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand.

© Lisi Niesner/Reuters

Attendees at a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday in central Schwerin, Germany.

Spain’s Preppy Conservatives Are Having a Moment

Loafer-wearing young Spaniards, often called “Cayetanos,” are flexing their countercultural muscles after eight years of left-wing government.

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A post-bullfight party, filled with young conservatives, at Madrid’s main bullring this summer.

Germany’s Merz Vows to Stay After Another State Election ‘Disaster’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure on Sunday after his center-right party finished behind far-right and far-left parties in state elections in the east.

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“What needs to be done now requires backbone, steadfastness and patience,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany said Sunday.

Germany’s Merz Vows to Stay After Another State Election ‘Disaster’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure on Sunday after his center-right party finished behind far-right and far-left parties in state elections in the east.

© Markus Schreiber/Associated Press

“What needs to be done now requires backbone, steadfastness and patience,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany said Sunday.

German Art Institutions Prepare for a Fight as Far Right Looks to Take Power

As the Alternative for Germany party seeks to control a state government for the first time, its push for “patriotic” art has drawn comparisons with Nazi policies.

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The main building of the former Bauhaus design school, now home to the Bauhaus foundation, in Dessau, in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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