The bombing of a government centre in Norway and a shooting attack on a nearby island that together left at least 91 people dead has raised questions about the rise of extreme right wing fanatics in Europe. Are we seeing a trend? Is a paramilitary threat emerging?
In Norway, police have charged a 32-year-old Christian fundamentalist with right-wing connections. As reported here, an unclassified 2011 national security outlook published by the Norway Police Security Service (PST) in February 2011, said police expected an increased level of activity in 2011 by far-right militants. "Norwegian far-right extremists are in contact with Swedish far-right extremists, as well as with other far-right extremist groups in Europe. Contact also takes place between Norwegian and Russian far-right extremists," it said.
At the moment, it's not really a threat because there does not seem to be a leader. But with social networking, these groups around Europe can work together and spread their message of hate, disrupting society and creating more economic ructions through the region.
The big worry is that if the unrest in the Arab world, especially in North Africa, leads to a major influx of immigrants into Europe, right-wing extremism will gain a new lease of life by articulating more widespread public apprehension about immigration from Muslim countries into Europe.
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