2024 European Elections and the ‘New Europe’ of the Far-Right

Abstract. In this chapter, the idea of a ‘New Europe’ of the far-right is discussed. Instead of leaving the EU, most of the far-right leaders have emphasised the goal of ‘Europe of Nations’, especially since the 2019 European elections. In this chapter firstly, their ‘Parochial Europe’ vision will be analysed. Secondly, the influential factors for collaboration between far-right parties before the 2024 European elections will be evaluated. While the migration issue brings together far-right parties and even centre-right, especially after the ‘migration crisis’, their foreign policy orientations after Russia invades Ukraine and their relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, are the main dividing lines of the far-right parties before the 2024 European elections. Lastly, the implications of the result of the European elections and the challenges of the ‘new Europe’ vision of the far-right for the future of the EU will be discussed.

Keywords: Far-Right; European Elections; ‘New Europe’; European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR); ‘Europe of Nations’.