Nation Europa (organization)

Nation Europa
FoundedAugust 24, 2024 (2024-08-24)
HeadquartersLviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
IdeologyNeo-Nazism
Pan-European nationalism
Anti-communism
Political positionFar-right
Party flag
Website
https://t.me/nation_europa
https://x.com/RNationEuropa

Nation Europa is a pan-European far-right network founded on August 24, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.[1]

History

In 2024, on the Independence Day of Ukraine, the network held a summit in Lviv, with a number of European far-right and neo-nazi groups in attendance. The main guest speaker was the Italian far-right ideologue and essayist Gabriele Adinolfi.[2] A number of Ukrainian combat formations, including paramilitary groups associated with the Main Directorate of Intelligence were also present.[3]

Ideology

Nation Europa presents itself as a third-positionist network.[4][5][6] It frames both the liberal international rules-based world order, as well as Eurasianism and multipolarity as enemies, accusing them of promoting heterogenous "melting-pot" societies.[7] Nation Europa claims that Ukraine is the only viable place for the growth of "rightist ideology", evoking ultranationalist figures such as Yevhen Konovalets, Andriy Melnyk and Stepan Bandera.[8] The network goes further by encouraging adherents to pursue armed involvement rather than poltical participation, arguing that military structures - specifically the Armed Forces of Ukraine, offers a more suitable vehicle for far-right influence than political parties in democratic societies, stating that "right representatives" form the backbone of Ukraine's armed forces.[9]

The network dismisses mainstream right-wing parties as weak and culturally irrelevant, as they are deemed insufficiently radical. Rather than political engagement, Nation Europa advocates along-term strategy of covertly embedding itself withing influential social, cultural and institutional spaces. This approach is compared to the Islamic principle of taqiyya.

Members

Country Party Notes
Albania Albanian Third Position

Pozicioni i Tretë Shqiptar

[4]
Austria Identitarian Movement of Austria

Identitäre Bewegung Österreich

[4]
Bulgaria Bulgarian National Alliance Edelweiss

Български национален съюз

[4]
Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy

Български национален съюз - Нова демокрация

[4]
Czechia The Nationalists

Nacionalisté

[4]
Germany The Third Path

Der Dritte Weg

[10]
Poland Association Third Way

Stowarzyszenie "Trzecia Droga"

[4]
Italy CasaPound

CasaPound Italia

[10]
Ukraine All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom"

Всеукраїнське об'єднання «Свобода»

[10]
National Corps

Національний корпус

[10]
Right Sector

Пра́вий се́ктор

[4]
S14

Січ

[11]
Tradition and Order

Традиція і порядок

[11]
Main Directorate of Intelligence

Головне управління розвідки Міністерства оборони України

[10], [11]

See also

  • International Sovereigntist League, a pro-Russian far-right group formed one year later

References

  1. ^ "Nationalisten in Deutschösterreich". Antifascist Europe. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  2. ^ Spooks, Ukes, Kooks & (2024-09-13). "Did 'Our Little Baby' Make a Nazi International?". Medium. Retrieved 2025-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Spooks, Ukes, Kooks & (2024-12-31). "Which Way Ukrainian Hooligan?". Medium. Retrieved 2025-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Katchanovski, Ivan (2025), Katchanovski, Ivan (ed.), "The Far-Right Involvement in the Russia-Ukraine War", The Russia-Ukraine War and its Origins: From the Maidan to the Ukraine War, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 261–276, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-98724-3_11, ISBN 978-3-031-98724-3, retrieved 2025-12-21
  5. ^ Piccoli, Erik (2025-10-31). "Italian Neofascism and Global Networks: A Transnational Perspective on the Strategy of Tension". historyofthefarright.org. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  6. ^ "Nazism in eastern Europe". Nicolas Cinquini. 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  7. ^ "The Right Today: Hour of Decision" | Political Essay №1. Archived from the original on 2025-12-21. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  8. ^ Ishchenko, Volodymyr. "In Ukraine, the Real Desire to Sacrifice Oneself for the State is Very Weak – Socialist Project". Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  9. ^ Laxer, Michael (2025-03-05). "Russian fascists march in Berlin". The Left Chapter. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  10. ^ a b c d e Ishchenko, Volodymyr (2024-12-04). "Volodymyr Ishchenko: "In case of disintegrating state institutions and a failing economy, Ukrainian nationalists will have strong opportunities to establish their power"". Lefteast. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  11. ^ a b c "Se ha celebrado en la ciudad ucraniana de Lviv la Primera Conferencia Europea Internacional «Nation Europa»: La construcción de una Europa neofascista". Euskal Herria ★ Donbass Elkartasun Komitea (in Spanish). 2024-09-22. Retrieved 2025-12-21.