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PartyofFreeCitizens,demonstratinghowtheODSandthisrelativelynew
partyarestronglyinterconnected.
ContrarytotheCzechRepublic,Germanyhasalwaysbeenconsidered
asaEurophilecountry,withoutEuroscepticparties(exceptforDieLinke).
However,withtheeurozonecrisis,thesituationevolvedandanewparty
emerged,theAlternativeforGermany(AfD).RyszardaFormuszewicz
proposesaninterestinganalysisofthisnewpoliticalplayer,showinghowthe
beginnerstatusofthepartyisreflectedinitsorganisationandinitsactivities
intheEP.
NiklasBolinconcentratesontheSwedishcase,andexamineswhy
theSwedishDemocratsarepartoftheEFDDgroup.Healsoexamines
theactivitiesoftherepresentativesofthispartyintheEP,especiallytheir
behaviourduringrollcallvotes,anddemonstratesthatthesupranational
levelremainssecondary.
ThearticlebyDr.JeffreyStevensonMureroffersaveryinsightfulanalysis
ofthecontroversialJobbikpartyinHungary.Hetakesfirstahistorical
perspective,inordertoinvestigatethedevelopmentofthefarrightinthe
countrysince1989,andtheriseofJobbiksince2003.Hethenshowshowthe
EPgiveslegitimacytothefarright,butalsoenablesthesepartiestodevelop
closertieswithlike-mindedpartiesacrossEurope.Inthefinalsection,he
reflectsonthecurrentsituationinHungary,especiallyonthethreatofthefar
righttodemocracy,giventhecontextofilliberalpoliticsunderOrbán.
RenaudThillayeandClaudiaChwaliszfocusonthemainwinnerof
theEuropeanelectionsinFrance,theFrontNational.Moreparticularly,the
authorsexaminetheevolutionoftheFNundertheleadershipofMarine
LePen.Theyshowthat,despitetheeffortsofthenewleadertopolishthe
party’sdiscourse,itisstillahardEuroscepticparty.Thereislittleevidence
thattheFN’sstanceonEuropehaschanged.Itsdiscoursehasbecomemore
professional,andstressesthealternativesofferedbytheparty,suchas
intergovernmentalprojects,butitsfundamentalrejectionoftheEUhasnot
beensoftened.
ThisissuealsocontainstwocomplementaryarticlesonPoland.Thefirst,
byKarolChwedczuk-SzulcandMateuszZaremba,dealswithrightwing
Euroscepticismand,moreparticularly,theCongressoftheNewRight.They
proposeaninterestinganalysisofthehistory,politicalideologyandevolution
ofthisparty,andshowthat,likeotheranti-establishmentpartiesinEurope,
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