Polanski told the Guardian he was alarmed at the polling success for Reform UK, a party he described as on the far right, or at least far right-adjacent in terms of the causes and issues they're willing to align with. He condemned Labour and Keir Starmer for failing to properly challenge Reform's rhetoric over proposed mass deportations, saying that mainstream parties were failing to step up to the challenge of pushing back against Farage's ideas.
Bezalel Smotrich announced his intention to approve tenders to build more than 3,000 homes in the E1 area settlement project that would connect Jerusalem and the existing Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim.
California Governor Gavin Newsom aligned his views with far-right rhetoric, questioning participation of trans athletes in women's sports and supporting anti-trans narratives on the Shawn Ryan Show podcast.
"Thank you, Mexico!" Applause erupted from the crowd as Ronald Johnson took to the floor, greeted warmly by mariachis and marked a stark contrast from his predecessor.
At an Alternative fur Deutschland conference in January, just weeks before the party doubled its vote share to become the second-biggest force in parliament, its co-leader Alice Weidel promised to tear them all down if the AfD came to power.
"As far-right and nationalist parties steadily gain political ground, analysts say that citizenship is increasingly being linked to crime, giving rise to a shift that risks creating two classes of citizens and marginalising specific communities."
