Racist outbursts in Europe

The founding of the right-wing extremist movement the "Hungarian Guards" has triggered a vigorous debate in Hungary, as Ulrich Schmid reports. "On the one hand one can't stress enough that there has been no generalised approval of right-wing extremist groups in Hungarian society for some time now and that the country is not caught up in a downwards spiral of nationalism... Nonetheless, it would be premature to give the all-clear signal. The right-wing extremists are indefatigable in their attempts to organise themselves, and the liberal democrats are only too relieved to see that the leaders of these groups tend to be slightly warped, eccentric and prone to infighting. But what we witness on public holidays and at football games is cause enough for concern. Rightwing extremists played a key role in the eruptions of violence at the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the heroic uprising against the Communist- Soviet regime last year, and they're planning a joint march for this autumn's celebrations."

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