Far-Right Protest Events Across Ten European Countries

Protest event data tracks activities by far-right collective actors, including political parties and social movement organizations. The dataset covers 10 European countries from 2008 to 2021. It was created by Pietro Castelli Gattinara and is hosted by Harvard Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Analyze protest frequency and actor types across 10 European countries.
• Model temporal trends in far-right mobilization from 2008 to 2021.
• Compare protest characteristics between different far-right actor categories like parties and movement organizations.
• Study the geographic distribution of far-right protest events across Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, and Sweden.

Strengths

• Covers a 14-year time range from 2008 to 2021.
• Includes data from 10 distinct European countries.
• Expands actor coverage to include parties, social movement organizations, and movement parties.

Limitations

• Data is derived from newspaper sources, which may introduce reporting biases.
• Specific sample size, column details, and data completeness are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, authored by Pietro Castelli Gattinara.

Collection Method

Protest event data retrieved from newspaper sources using an expanded list of far-right actors.

Time Range

01.01.2008 to 31.12.2021

Freshness

Data covers events up to 2021, with metadata last updated in March 2026.

Geography

10 European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden.