After the fascist and Nazi regimes were defeated in 1945, European post-war historiography largely overlooked right-wing extremism. New research now shows how extremists rebuilt cross-border networks in Europe and the part Switzerland played.
For more depth on the usages of Fascism and it’s history, context etc. see this link about this new book. Facsism" by Princeton History Prof Federico Marcon.
The faster we recognise it, the better we can counter it.
Don’t we kind of have that? The countries send their representative to determine the president of the commission. The difference is that the presidency is not for life.
Unlike the past, countries are democracies and don’t receive their legitamacy as a fief. But otherwise we are not too far away.