Europe’s hard right fractures over US-Israel war on Iran
Al Jazeera
Far-right forces are split over nationalism, foreign policy and ties to US President Donald Trump.
The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed divisions among Europe’s far-right parties and personalities.
In one camp, Atlanticists such as Nigel Farage, founder of the populist hard-right Reform UK party, support the war.
In a recent post on X, he urged United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to “back the Americans in this vital fight against Iran!”
Days later, he stated that any refugees fleeing Iran “should be housed in the Middle East and not in Britain”.
Spain’s far-right Vox party has also backed the war, criticising Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez after the left-wing prime minister condemned it as an “unjustified” and “dangerous military intervention”.
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