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Extremism as a phenomenon of life in Europe

Extremism as a phenomenon of life in Europe

Most active extremists in Italy, Greece and Spain - countries of the "poor South"

Tripled in 2019 year the number of arrests of extremists of all kinds in the European Union, says Europol report, presented this week by its director Catherine de Ball. Most active extremists in Italy, Greece and Spain.

Extremism as a phenomenon of life in Europe

Executive Director of Europol Catherine de Ball

Number of persons arrested under articles, extremist, increased in these three countries last year over the previous year with 38 to 111 human. Most notable growth in Italy, where left-wing extremism prevails. Often, the targets of extremists are infrastructure and government agencies. Some leftists from Europe go to Syria, where they join the Kurdish forces in the north-east of this country.

In EU countries, indicated in the report, ideology of right-wing extremists is divided into separate streams, but unites "Denial of diversity and minority rights" (report terminology). One of the elements of this ideology is the assertion of the superiority of the "white race" and the inevitability of a "racial war", which is seen as resistance to the conspiracy of the "system" - the replacement of the white population through mass immigration with cheaper black and colored labor.

Extremism as a phenomenon of life in Europe

Terrorist arrest in Italy

Europol report draws attention to the threat from radical Islamists. "Islamic State" * (IG, It banned in Russia), noted in document, lost its enclaves in Syria, but continues to operate underground in Syria, and Iraq, where hundreds of European citizens are now, IS-related. "Al-Qaeda"* (banned in Russia) prefers to choose targets in the West, although its regional branches seek to integrate into armed structures in conflict regions. AT 2019 year eight EU member states became targets of terrorist attacks by jihadists, reported by Europol.

European law enforcement records terrorist attempts to use improvised explosive devices in attacks. “Three terrorist conspiracies using biological and chemical materials were prevented in the EU in 2018 year ", - noted in the previous Europol report for 2018 year. AT 2018 almost half of the arrests for, terrorism-related (511 of 1056), occurred on the basis of religious extremism.

Extremism as a phenomenon of life in Europe

Europol headquarters building in The Hague

"In Italy, Europol's latest report raised concern", - writes Italian The newspaper. The newspaper considers, that the reason for the increased activity of extremists of all stripes is associated with a general deterioration in living conditions in Western Europe. The coronavirus has made this situation worse. "Severe socio-economic consequences of a prolonged lockdown", introduced by the governments of the EU countries in connection with the pandemic, can be used for their own purposes by those, who instills hatred ", - notes The day.

On the growing threat of extremism Europol, mainly dealing with criminal offenses, has been sounding the alarm for a long time. More in the report 2016 Europol warned, that IS is reducing its activity in the Middle East and transferring forces to European countries, Where is the growth of poverty and misery driving migrants in their countries.

Extremism as a phenomenon of life in Europe

Right-wing extremists in Spain

Major General of the Russian Police M. Medov in the article "The reasons and conditions for the spread of terrorism in Western Europe" noted: “On the planet 1% population is the richest group and receives the same, how much falls on 57% the population, the poorest. About 1 billion people live on less than one dollar a day, 2,8 billion - less than 2 dollar, more 1 billion have no access to clean water, a 827 millions suffer from malnutrition ".

This is not the first time that the threat of terrorism and extremism in Europe has been discussed. AT 70-80 gg. XX century a wave of terrorist violence swept through such countries of the Old World, like italy, France, Spain, Germany. In the Apennines, then the "Red Brigades" and neo-fascists operated, in the Federal Republic of Germany terrorist group Baader-Meinhof - "Faction of the Red Army", in Spain - "Fuerza Nueva". Terrorists detonated bombs in the squares, derailed trains, killed politicians, generals, bankers, police officers. There was a lot of evidence that, that the US CIA was behind the scenes of this "tension strategy" in Europe. Everything was done in order, to prevent the strong communist parties from coming to power, relied on the support of the USSR.

Extremism as a phenomenon of life in Europe

Extremists clash with police in Greece

The collapse of the USSR led to, that weakened communist parties in Europe ceased to pose a threat to the powers that be, but as a result of the open door policy, Europe was flooded with crowds of immigrants, people of a foreign culture. It turns out new, double threat this time: on the part of newcomer "warriors of jihad" and on the part of right-wing radical elements ready to resist them by extreme means. After the strikes of the viral economic crisis and the deterioration of the situation of a large part of the population, the threat of extremism in Europe is aggravated even more.

Vladimir Malyshev

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