When Jobbik, a Hungarian far-right party, took 15% of the vote in June's European election, it sent shudders across the continent. Running on an anti-Roma (gypsy) platform, with nasty words for Jews and homosexuals and with its own uniformed wing, Jobbik seemed more troubling than earlier groups. It joined existing extremists in the region to suggest a new resurgence of the far right. The Slovak National Party (snp), whose leader, Jan Slota, is known for pungent anti-Hungarian remarks, has won seats in every Slovak parliament but one since 1990 and been part of the government since 2006. Bulgaria's Ataka lives up to its name with verbal onslaughts against the country's Turks, and has taken 10% of the vote since 2005. Jobbik may be the third-biggest party in Hungary after next spring's election.
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