Letters: The Far Right's Rise Is a Wake-Up Call for Europe
Readers respond to a Guardian column on threats to Europe's liberal democracies from far-right parties and Kremlin influence.
Readers wrote to The Guardian in response to a column warning that far-right parties, Maga-aligned ideology and Kremlin influence threaten Europe's liberal democracies.
One letter argued the column overlooked the role of the liberal political center in creating conditions for the far right's rise, contending that center-left governments largely accepted policies weakening trade unions and expanding labor market insecurity that began under Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
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- The far right’s rise is a wake-up call for Europe | Letters — The Guardian — Opinion
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