Prague, July 25 (CTK) – The Czech extremist scene calmed down in the second quarter of the year and political entities were unable to find new mobilisation themes after the migrant crisis faded away and they continue to be split by internal discords, according to the Interior Ministry’s latest report.
The sole major event that influenced the extremist scene was the British referendum on remaining in the EU.
According to the ministerial report, rightist, anti-Islam and anti-migrant projects hailed Brexit as a victory of nationalism over European multiculturalism.
“They, however, kept silent on or belittled the fact that some British nationalist-minded supporters of Brexit sharply protested against migrants from Eastern Europe,” the report says.
The competing between the Workers’ Social Justice Party (DSSS) and National Democracy (ND) on the rightist scene continued and weakened both parties.
Discords also affected the anti-Islam scene which split. The Bloc Against Islam withdrew from the coalition agreement with the Dawn-National Coalition party. The Bloc broke down afterwards and two factions were created.
“Mutual discords and the foundation of new groupings completely exhausted their forces by their bilateral disputes and the funding of new entities. Combined with the fading away of the migrant crisis, this resulted in them having a very small influence,” the report says.
It said anonymous announcements of explosives in various institutions, which proved to be hoaxes, were one of the forms of protest of leftist extremists.
