New haircuts, old ideology: film warns of shifting far-right strategy in Europe
They've ditched the shaven heads but, despite recent setbacks, they remain a threat, says film-maker Christian Schwochow
Inside a university auditorium in Prague, a young man in a crisp black shirt and white trainers is railing against the pro-immigration politicians he holds responsible for a recent Islamist terror attack in Berlin. To build a safer Europe, he yells, we have to get rid of those responsible for these murderous policies".
A woman in the crowd voices her support with a shout of Sieg heil!", but he is quick to shut her down: That was yesterday." Like-minded movements of the future will succeed by remaining outwardly respectable: We can protect the foundations of Europe by occupying them," he proclaims, his blue eyes sparkling, by becoming economists, teachers, judges."
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