Right-wing extremists in Romania and Hungary

After the recent success of the Romanian and Hungarian far right parties in the European elections the left-liberal weekly 168 óra compares the two: "What do the Romanian and Hungarian right-wing extremists have in common? Probably the way they exploit the media. Both in Romania and in Hungary the two parties are constantly in the public limelight. … What is the difference between the Hungarian and Romanian right-wing extremists? Strangely enough, the politics of the far right in Romania is based to a much lesser extent on racism and the fanning of ethnic tensions than that of the far right in Hungary. True, [in Romania] anti-Semitic, anti-Roma and anti-Hungarian statements are inevitably made again and again. But they are arbitrary in the sense that they are not an integral part of the policies of the Romanian far right. The success of Romania's right-wing radicals in the European elections was due to the fact that they put social tensions and fears on the agenda."

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