Far-right speeches are spreading more and more on talk shows in France and the Netherlands. In Italy, a society that no longer “feels represented” The arrival of the far right to power is not only an Italian phenomenon, believes Italian media historian Peppino Ortoleva.

The Islamophobic Dutch far-right party of Geert Wilders won the legislative elections in the Netherlands last November. Very radical ideas that were absolutely taboo in the 1990s have gradually become acceptable.