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A report by Europol examining terrorism within the EU in 2021 has found that jihadists remain the single biggest threat to the bloc, despite an increasing political focus on right-wing extremists.

Judges in the Italian city of Turin have declared a far-left extremist “social centre” a criminal association.

A group of far-left anarchists have taken credit for attacking riot police in a district of Athens, while an incendiary device was also planted and set off outside the home of a conservative MP.

France’s National Intelligence Commission claimed that nearly 23,000 people were spied on by French authorities last year.

Spanish police say they have identified at least a hundred far-left extremists who descended on Madrid to disrupt this week’s NATO summit.

French anti-terrorist police arrested a man in his 40s who is believed to have been behind at least sixty car burnings since 2017.

Germany’s Antifa-linked Interior Minister is ignoring “fanatical Islamism” as well as extremism on the far-left in order to attack the right, a CDU politician has alleged.

A far-left extremist group has taken credit for the attempted bombing of the home of a Greek police officer that took place in March,

The daughter of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who was murdered by the communist Red Brigades, slammed a performance by a band that glorified the terrorist group at a recent concert.

Prosecutors identified far-left extremists as likely suspects in the sabotage of an electrical line that was damaged by arson last month.

Controversial legislation empowering police forces to crackdown on “noisy” protests in Britain is set to become law.

Far-left extremists protested and rioted in multiple French cities following the election victory of President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday.

French prosecutors opened an investigation following riots involving far-left extremists after the first round of the presidential election.

French far-left extremists are potential suspects in the sabotage of power lines that saw over 5,000 people go without power on Tuesday.

The French government has moved to dissolve an Antifa group over calls for violence against police and violent actions.

Anti-pipeline extremists injured a police officer on Thursday night in British Columbia, Canada, in a violent incident largely eclipsed by the peaceful Freedom Convoy protesters currently facing a police crackdown in Ottawa.

German Interior Minister Nancy Faesar has been accused of writing an article for a far-left Antifa publication.

Far-left extremists have taken credit for toppling a statue in the German city of Dresden that was dedicated to the civilians who died during the firebombings of the city during the Second World War. The group “Autonomous Action Group Dresden

French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has stated he would support the United Kingdom turning back migrant boats in the English Channel.

2021 saw the largest number of politically motivated crimes since the Federal Criminal Police Office began recording statistics in 2001.

French populist member of the European Parliament Jordan Bardella has claimed that far-left extremist Antifa militants benefit from the “complacency” of French political leaders. Bardella, a member of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN), made his statements in reaction to

French conservative candidate Zemmour held his first campaign rally where 39 hard-left extremists were arrested armed with weapons and acid.

Private schools in Milan tasked with teaching basic skills to illegals have been accused of teaching far-left extremist ideologies to the migrants as well.

Six far-left Spanish anarchists have been released on bail conditions after being arrested for allegedly setting a police vehicle on fire during a riot with an officer inside.

Janez Janša, prime minister of former first lady Melania Trump’s home country of Slovenia, has labelled the far-left extremist group Antifa an “international terrorist organisation” following violence in France over the weekend

Antifa far-left extremists have called for the murder of 53 members of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD), publishing their home addresses on a well-known far-left web platform.

A 33-year-old anti-authoritarian far-left anarchist has been charged with multiple felonies after potentially carrying out several armed robberies of banks in Greece. The 33-year-old was the main suspect in an armed bank robbery earlier this month after a Piraeus Bank branch

Seven far-left extremist Antifa militants have been taken arrested in the city of Lyon for allegedly physically assaulting a man at a protest against vaccine passports late last month.

Greek police have stated that a known far-left anarchist extremist is the main suspect in three armed bank robberies in Athens in the last month.

Green authorities arrested 24 members of the far-left group known as “Rubicon” for allegedly storming the Environmental Ministry.

A far-leftist has claimed his participation in tearing down a statue of Canada’s first Prime Minister and dared police to arrest him.

A 48-year-old man, wanted for the last year and a half by Greek police for membership in a far-left terrorist group, was arrested as he attempted to flee after allegedly robbing a bank.

A far-left extremist group have desecrated a memorial to soldiers who fought in the First World War in Hamburg, painting over parts of the monument to make it state “Germany must die”.

Five Antifa-style radicals have been jailed for their roles in a Bristol riot, in which officers were attacked and vehicles were set on fire.

Far-leftists in Thessaloniki have posted names and addresses of 21 Greek police officers online, calling for violence against the officers and stating that they are “at war”.

Swedish farmers working with animals say they have been forced to hire security companies to watch over their farms after threats from animal rights extremists.