Right-wing parties become more and more popular among voters in the EU. Right-wing extremism with its different forms of appearance and shades is a threat to democracy in Europe. This 6-minutes video clip gives an insight into a field that has gained little attention so far: The presence of different…

Take a look at the live recording from our event on right-wind radicalism. Hosted by Green MEPs and the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation European Union on 4th of March 2014 from 11h 00 to 14h 00, to be found at European Parliament, PHS 7C050.  Background Right-wing radicalism is increasingly on the rise in…

Hosted by Green MEPs and the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation European Union on 4th of March 2014 from 11h 00 to 14h 00, to be found at European Parliament, PHS 7C050. > Download programme-file.   Programme: 11h00: Welcome note | MEP and Bastian Hermisson   11h10: Roundtable | Developments and strategies against  …

Today, I voted for a remarkable resolution of the European Parliament. Adopted by a large majority, the resolution strongly defends free movement in the EU and condemns politicians pandering to populist whims by talking of “benefit tourism” and calling for restrictions against the free movement. The Parliament warns that it…

The police is supposed to protect the lives and rights of people against bad intruders. But who is policing the police, when they turn out to be the bad guys themselves? In Sweden a database of Roma was revealed, kept by the police of South Sweden. The Roma people didn’t…

Greek police recently sent in anti-terror-unit to deal with searches at the offices of Greek nazi party “Golden Dawn”. Before it came to this, it took the murder of a greek labour unionist and rapper on the 18th of September, in the harbour city of Piraeus. Before this the nazis…

All over the world human beings have to flee. They flee war, persecution, oppression, climate change, poverty. Most of these people go to the next city or neighbor region. Only a few cross borders and go to the neighbor country. And of these few people even fewer come to Europe.…