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In order to do this, this study compares the Facebook communication tactics of the EU example of Wallonia (Belgium) to a similar, non-EU example of Quebec (Canada). These two regions have many similarities and present themselves as great candidates to use the most-similar case design. 250 Facebook posts are analyzed from a far-right party in each of the two regions: La Meute from Wallonia and Démocratie Nationale from Quebec. Quantitative analysis provides some basic differences between the two groups. Critical discourse analysis is used to find deeper meanings in the Facebook posts. This research found that La Meute does not benefit from a similar interconnected political geography like Démocratie Nationale does with the European Union. Thus, La Meute’s Facebook posts referenced their own party at a much higher rate than Démocratie Nationale’s posts. 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These two regions have many similarities and present themselves as great candidates to use the most-similar case design. 250 Facebook posts are analyzed from a far-right party in each of the two regions: La Meute from Wallonia and Démocratie Nationale from Quebec. Quantitative analysis provides some basic differences between the two groups. Critical discourse analysis is used to find deeper meanings in the Facebook posts. This research found that La Meute does not benefit from a similar interconnected political geography like Démocratie Nationale does with the European Union. Thus, La Meute’s Facebook posts referenced their own party at a much higher rate than Démocratie Nationale’s posts. 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