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Italian Fascism gravitated to the right in the early 1920s.

A major element of fascism that has been deemed as clearly far-right is its goal to promote the right of claimed superior people to dominate while purging society of claimed inferior elements.

Fascism was praised by a number of right-wing, conservative, and reactionary political figures and movements.

Charles Maurras of the French far-right reactionary monarchist Action française admired fascism and praised Mussolini as a Bonapartist " in spirit ", and the Action française adopted fascist policies.

The exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II praised Mussolini for his foreign policy and diplomacy.

In 1925 Wilhelm II emphatically said that Germany needed to pursue a freehand foreign policy " like Mussolini !".

Wilhelm II also praised Mussolini's diplomacy towards the Catholic Church, though he strongly opposed Mussolini's diplomatic agreements with the Soviet Union.

Wilhelm II initially supported the Nazi Party, and his four sons of the exiled German royal family, including Prince Eitel Friedrich and Prince Oskar, became members of the Nazi Party, in hopes that in exchange for their support, the Nazis would permit the restoration of the monarchy.