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Toolkit on Countering the Far Right in Southeast Europe

Across Southeast Europe and the Western Balkans, far-right politics has moved from the margins into the mainstream, reshaping public discourse through exclusionary narratives, fear, and authoritarian tendencies presented as “common sense.”

Eine Gruppe farbig gestalteter Figuren läuft über eine weiße Oberfläche. — Urheber: FES SOE/Azra Kadić

What is the Toolkit about?

This Toolkit responds to that reality by offering not only analysis, but practical tools, accessible language, and strategies for democratic actors seeking to reconnect politics with people’s everyday lives. Rooted in the values of democracy, solidarity, dignity, and social justice, it explores how the far right adapts, gains legitimacy, and expands its influence across the region—while also highlighting concrete examples of resistance, collective action, and democratic resilience from Serbia, Hungary, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ultimately, this publication is an invitation to activists, organisers, trade unionists, politicians, and engaged citizens to build democratic alternatives that are visible, credible, and grounded in lived experience.

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Chapter I - From the Neighbourhood Up: A Practice for Fair and Courageous Democratic Living

From the neighbourhood up

Kockar, Alisa ; Smolo-Zukan, Ema ǅejna ; Ćerimagić, Adnan | Sarajevo : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, May 2026

a practice for fair and courageous democratic living

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Chapter II - The Far Right in Southeast Europe: Redefining Extremism in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape

The far right in Southeast Europe

Turčalo, Sead ; Alexandris, Ioannis | Sarajevo : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, May 2026

redefining extremism in a changing geopolitical landscape

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Chapter III - Lessons from civic mobilizations in Serbia, Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina: strategies for democratic resistance and collective action

Lessons from civic mobilizations in Serbia, Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cvetkovikj, Irena ; Lojić, Larissa | Sarajevo : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, May 2026

strategies for democratic resistance and collective action

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