In this week’s Friday Fight, a debate series in which two writers make their case on a hotly contested topic, the question is: has Europe’s far-right movement lost momentum? As extremism creeps into Hungary, Italy and the Netherlands, many people feel hope about the British Labour Party’s huge victory in the UK and France’s shock election result where a coalition of left parties beat back a far-right surge. But what does this actually mean for the continent?
In the affirmative corner we have freelance journalist Caitlin Powell. Arguing in the negative is columnist Benjamin Clark.
Don’t get me wrong — I was as glad as anyone that the National Rally came an unexpected third in France’s snap parliamentary elections.
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