Centro de Documentação da PJ
Analítico de Periódico
CD 357
Assessing the extreme right in the West in 2024 [Recurso eletrónico] / Kalicharan Veera Singam
Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses, Vol. 17, n. 1 (January 2025), p. 118-125
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EXTREMA-DIREITA, VIOLÊNCIA POLÍTICA, ELEIÇÃO, EUROPA OCIDENTAL, ESTADOS UNIDOS
Violence associated with the extreme right varied across the West in 2024. According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), extremist mobilisation, including those linked to extreme right-wing ideologies, dropped by 35 percent in the United States (US) in 2024 when compared to the previous year. In particular, groups involved in the January 6, 2021 insurrection, such as the Proud Boys, Three Percenters and Oath Keepers, “lost steam”, with a significant drop in activities. The threat environment, however, remained volatile in the lead-up to November’s highly polarised and contentious US presidential election, with reported increases in disinformation campaigns by white supremacist groups, and attacks and threats on election-related targets. The situation in Europe was similarly volatile, although unlike in the US, a steady patter of extreme-right activity and violence was witnessed akin to previous years. However, the United Kingdom (UK) and a few European Union (EU) countries such as Germany and France, witnessed a rise in extreme-right activities and violence, especially towards the end of the year. Across the West, 2024 also saw a further mainstreaming of the far right, with a few far-right parties that espouse hardline agendas winning or performing well in elections.
