Posted on 02/09/2025 2:11:29 AM PST by Cronos
At a gathering in Madrid, members of Europe’s far-right parties set aside any trepidation they might have about President Trump’s threats, and instead focused on a common enemy — the European Union.
...There was Marine Le Pen of France’s far-right National Rally; the Netherland’s populist, Geert Wilders; the leader of Italy’s League party, Matteo Salvini. All made clear that they shared Mr. Trump’s charge against what they see as “wokeism,” “gender theory,” and overweening environmentalism.
For them, the American president had blown through the last barriers that had confined their parties to the political margins. The taboos had been toppled.
“Trump’s tornado has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary told his allies from the stage of the summit whose slogan was, “Make Europe Great Again.”
“Yesterday we were the heretics,” he said. “Now we are the mainstream.”
In addition to the recurring themes of the European far right — labeling the media “parasites,” bashing liberal elites, and decrying an “invasion” of Muslim immigrants — the attendees quickly turned their sights on Mr. Trump’s most recent targets.
For example, Mr. Salvini criticized the World Health Organization and the International Criminal Court; Mr. Trump moved to withdraw the United States from the W.H.O., and issued an executive order imposing sanctions on the I.C.C.
Mr. Wilders seemed to mimic Mr. Trump’s language as he said voters were asking them to “expel illegal aliens and criminals.”
Mr. Trump’s election represents “the Western world’s final opportunity,” said Afroditi Latinopoulou, a lawmaker with the Greek far-right party Voice of Reason.
They skewered the “liberal fascists” who they said had replaced Christian civilization with “a sick Satanic utopia,” the “creeps” who “want to turn our children into trans-freaks,”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
When people at the event talked of making Europe great again, most talked about making Europe a beacon for Christianity, elevating individual nations and restoring their pride and identity.
And bad news for the Euro “progressive left” of which we are just now learning the extent that it’s been bankrolled by USAID.
NYT headline has it wrong by calling the far-right.
Orban was correct when he said, “Yesterday we were the heretics,Now we are the mainstream.”
Gwjack
Make The World Great Again. Jail the globalists!
Today you’re “far right” in some circles if you oppose abortion at 9 months and oppose genital mutilation.
Who knew MAGA can be transmitted? And they don’t even have to wear a mask.
Europe will never be great again. Too many countries are now African colonies.
MEGA!
Greater Europe means Lesser America.
In liberal speak, *far right* = anyone to the right of Stalin
I never hear about the “Far Left”, I wonder why?
Let’s just get something straight... There is NO SUCH THING as “far right”.
Conservatives, in ANY country, are social conservatives, DEFINITELY fiscal conservatives, a great many are Christians or observant or orthodox Jews, we are nationalists who love our countries and want smaller government, we do not want to be bullied by those “fit to rule”. WE WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.
We are right wing, conservative, America (or whatever country) First, we are the “silent majority”.
When the media blathers on about “far right”, they are referring to the KKK, Aryan Nation, anarchists and antifa type groups- NONE of these are right wing. ALL are leftists, founded by leftists and supported by leftists. ALL are marxists.
“far right”
The leftist mass media has a one winged bird.
The “far” bird has only one wing.
No European country has more than 5% (France) black African population
Yep. Maybe it is because they are the ones writing the headlines? Or maybe because they buy ink by the barrel?
Gwjack
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