European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists
Source: The Guardian
European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists
Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
Sun 12 Oct 2025 06.00 BST
Last modified on Sun 12 Oct 2025 06.01 BST
Where Donald Trump leads, Europe’s nationalists and far right follow. After a Truth Social post last month, when Trump announced the US would designate antifa, the decentralised anti-fascist movement, “a major terrorist organisation”, his international allies swung into action.
That same day, the Dutch parliament, where the largest party is Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV, passed a resolution, noting the US decision and calling on the government to declare antifa a terrorist organisation in the Netherlands.
Then the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán – more usually a source of inspiration for Trump – said his country would follow suit. Next, in the European parliament, a far-right MEP from the Flemish nationalist Vlaams Belang party drafted a resolution with the same request. Tom Vandendriessche announced last week that 79 MEPs from 20 countries supported his proposed text. In a video posted on X with ominous music playing, he described antifa as “an international network that is supported, financed and protected by the system to fight the nationalist opposition with violence”.
Experts characterise antifa rather differently, instead describing it as a loose identity movement with neither leaders nor membership structure. While it has origins in Europe, it gained attention in the US after Trump’s election in 2016.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/12/european-far-right-follows-trump-in-calling-for-antifa-to-be-declared-terrorists
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