German minister calls during Irish visit for co-operation on extremist threat 

Coveney admits Ireland 'fortunate' not to have faced the same challenge as other EU countries in rise of far-right movements

Simon Coveney and German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock today in Dublin, where they discussed Brexit, Iran, and the war in Ukraine. Pictures: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

European leaders need to co-operate to fight off right-wing extremism.

That is according to Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, who met her Irish counterpart Simon Coveney today in Dublin, where the two discussed Brexit, Iran, and the war in Ukraine.