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5/4/12

Europe's far-right steady increase of power must be stopped before its too late

There are dark clouds above Europe and they are not only of an economic nature. Far worse, it is a political cancer Europe already has experienced before and its called far-right totalitarianism.

In France Marine Le Pen wants to bust the French political system -- and people across Europe and beyond should take note.  Her stunning score in the first round of French presidential elections won her anti-immigrant National Front a place in the Europe-wide march of nationalist -- sometimes extremist -- parties toward seats of power.

Le Pen's rage will be on millions of voters' minds, both her critics and fans, as they elect a president Sunday.

On that same day, Greek citizens, strapped by austerity measures in a nation crushed by debt, could vote in about a dozen lawmakers from the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn.

In the upcoming September Dutch elections, Geert Wilders, Muslim hater and populist right wing proponent is also seen as a potential threat to the stability of the Netherlands political and economic system, by most of his political colleagues in the Dutch Parliament.

Bit by bit, far-right parties from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia are gaining momentum among the populace and getting a foothold in their nations' power structures.

"This must be stopped before it becomes an avalanche", said a moderate EU Parliamentarian.

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