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12/29/2008: "Downturn Boosts "Far-Right" Groups"

Far-right groups across Europe could be gaining support as the financial meltdown continues.

The warning comes at a time of increased racist violence and attacks on gypsy communities across Europe.

A far-right group called the Hungarian Guard, which has been accused of persecuting gypsies, says it will defy attempts to ban it, as governments become increasingly concerned at the rise of the right.

It is feared that extremist parties could make significant gains in European elections next June, particularly in eastern European countries.

[ In Hungary people are forming militias in the countryside as gypsies are increasingly murdering them. Their own government, and (of course) the Left and the international community condemn such attempts at self defense. ]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218132142.htm