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Fri Jul 27, 2018, 10:32 AM Jul 2018

Slovak Party Leader Kotleba Indicted for Promoting Nazi Ideology

Slovak prosecutors indicted far-right leader Marian Kotleba for promoting racism and Nazi ideology, as the European Union member state witnesses a surge in populist, anti-immigrant political forces.

Kotleba, a lawmaker and the chairman of the People’s Party, was indicted after sponsoring an event last year during which he gave a charity a check for 1,488 euros, a number that refers to a slogan used by white supremacists. He thus “expressed sympathy toward racist and Nazi ideology,” prosecutor spokeswoman Jana Tokolyova said by email on Friday.

The People’s Party, whose lawmakers celebrate Slovakia’s World War II Nazi regime and once wore military uniforms reminiscent of that time in public, won 8 percent of the vote in 2016 elections. With a platform that seeks Slovakia’s exit from the EU and NATO, it was the fifth most popular party in June with 9.7 percent support, according to a poll conducted by Focus Research.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-27/slovak-party-leader-kotleba-indicted-for-promoting-nazi-ideology

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Slovak Party Leader Kotleba Indicted for Promoting Nazi Ideology (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 OP
There's a darkness spreading in eastern Europe. lark Jul 2018 #1

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1. There's a darkness spreading in eastern Europe.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 10:36 AM
Jul 2018

I saw & heard it in Slovenia and Austria when we were there this spring and they were talking about those 2 countries, along with Poland, were going their own way against the EU & against immigration and were really all working together as a group. RW ideology is definitely on the rise there, and I bet Russia is behind it.

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