Euroskeptic nationalism prevents a united European extreme-right racism

Evidence

This is one of the reasons which explains why it is so difficult to find ground for agreement in the harmonization of national endeavors to combat racism at the European level. Furthermore, racism seems to be so much part of the approaches which are primarily characteristic of, and specific to, each country that it is superficial, if not artificial, to seek to demonstrate the existence of any form of structuring at the European level. It is true that extreme right-wing forms of racism endeavor to forge links, and to network; but experience shows that their concerns are first and foremost at the national level. Their nationalism encourages them to continue in this direction. Extreme right-wing groups do have international contacts and exchange information, ideas, and personnel; but this is all somewhat limited and there is definitely no immediate likelihood of a united European racism. Given that the radical right are united in their opposition to Europe, one might even say that the net result of the phenomenon was unfavorable. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3145

Categorization

• CANDY: A tidy paradox worth deploying as a conversational gambit: Europe’s fascists cooperate with each other but their shared nationalism blocks any united pan-European racism — their mutual hostility to Europe is what breaks their own project.
• XREF: connects to: Europe’s racisms vary nationally but share target-selection logic — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 913