Washington Post: Europe’s Far Right Isn’t So Fringe Anymore — ”Purra remains in office even after being revealed as the apparent author of such online comments as, “Anyone feel like spitting on beggars and beating n—– children today in Helsinki?”

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1. > The normalization of vicious prejudice is the most immediate consequence of Europe’s far-right upsurge. Last month, Finnish Economy Minister Vilhelm Junnila had to resign after revelations that he had joked about Hitler at a neo-Nazi event and called for mass abortions in Africa to combat climate change.

   >Meanwhile, Riikka Purra, the leader of Finland’s far-right party and the country’s finance minister, remains in office even after being revealed as the apparent author of such online comments as, “Anyone feel like spitting on beggars and beating n—– children today in Helsinki?”