Far right parties offer a clear identification between “us” and “them”. While identity frames (“us”) have been to some extent analysed in the literature, less work has been done on the oppositional frames (“them”). The aim of the paper is to explore the frames employed by the far right that serve to construct meanings of their perceived enemies on the cases in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Since the meso-level arguments are the most neglected factors when studying the far right, the paper builds upon the framing perspective and investigates the framing process in which the collective actors involved in the far right have been dealing with “the Others”. The paper makes an empirical contribution to the research on the far right in Central and Eastern Europe and discusses the theoretical reasons why the parties, though in similar political context and with focus on similar enemies, chose different framing strategies.
