Extreme Right, the Internet and European Politics in CEE Countries: The Cases of Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Abstract

This chapter addresses the relationship between the use of new media and European democracy and legitimacy, examining the networks of contacts that several types of (Eurosceptic) extreme right groups create online in two Eastern European countries, as well as the anti-European discourses that these radical actors diffuse (offline and online) through these networks. How important is Europe and European integration in comparison with other topics in the political discourse of extreme right organisations? To which specific issue does Europe refer? What are the solutions suggested against European integration? Who are the ‘us’ and the ‘them’ according to right-wing extremists in relation to Europe?