This paper deals with new separatist tendencies in contemporary Europe and with their comparison with traditional forms of separatism. It classifies and analyses such phenomena as the extreme right “identitarian movement” or the neo-Nazi strategy of no-go zones in Europe, Islamist struggle for establishing regional “Sharia areas” and caliphates in European cities or socially excluded Roma communities in East Central Europe with their own power structures. A reaction of the traditional separatist movement to this new challenge will be mentioned. The interdependence of various forms of separatism will be mentioned. Authors will present an analytical framework of the new separatism, including intervening factors (economic crisis, migration, rise of intolerance etc.).
