European far right ‘Make Europe Great Again, Trump-dependent’ EU freedom criticism ‘US protectionism’

European far right ‘Make Europe Great Again, Trump-dependent’ EU freedom criticism ‘US protectionism’

European far right leaders imitate Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA) and ‘Make Europe Great Again (MUGA)’, and extreme liberals have shown their extremism of US protectionism by criticizing the EU from ‘Trump tariff justification protectionism’.

European far right was revealed in the speech of its leader Salvini on the 8th that ‘Europe should be small to have more freedom’, and this slogan imitates Trump’s Republican Party’s hard-line conservative strategy of ‘small government, expanding freedom’, showing control over ‘freedom’, which is the far right’s vulnerability.

Korean far right parties and leaders rely on the ‘Trump protectionism system’ and are imitating the European far right by ‘crippling the Korean system’ through ‘requests for protectionism to block domestic impeachment by relying on Trump’, ‘nullifying the law with the ideology of expanding freedom’, and ‘requesting protectionism’ to block domestic impeachment.

The Yoon Seok-yeol regime is a typical far-right regime that ‘breaks the spine of the independent system of the country’ through ‘the domination of the constitutional legal system by presidential orders and executive orders’ and ‘the small government of Trump’ through ‘the domination of the constitutional legal system by presidential orders and executive orders’.

At the ‘Patriots for Europe’ summit held in Madrid, Spain by the far-right leaders of Europe, Salvini and Vox’s president Santiago Abascal disparaged the ‘climate crisis’ and praised Trump’s ‘tariffs’, saying that “the biggest tariffs are the confiscation tax of the Green Deal and the socialist governments in Brussels and across Europe,” and defined them as ‘low-tax’ in achieving ‘small Europe’.

The Patriots for Europe, a far-right group with 84 seats in the European Parliament, held the Patriots for Europe Summit at a hotel in Madrid on the same day.

Salvini led the far-right leaders' gathering that day, supporting Trump's threat to raise tariffs on European imports, and criticizing European integration, saying that "EU taxes and regulations are a greater danger to Europe's prosperity," the AP reported on the 9th.

Salvini then criticized the government of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, saying that "the engine of Europe has stopped in front of the most miserable government since the war," and called the far-right election campaign in Germany, where the far-right Alternative for Germany party is in second place behind the center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz's Coalition Party, a "historic opportunity" ahead of the German general election on the 23rd.

On this day, Salvini, the leader, said in a concise speech, “Less Europe, more freedom,” and the political slogan of “Make Europe Great Again,” the goal of the European far-right parties, was to “reduce criticism of the Trump regime” and “collapse the EU system by Trump’s power,” as a strategy.

Despite the fact that irregular border crossings into the European Union (EU) are expected to decrease sharply in 2024, according to data collected by Frontex, the EU’s border control agency, the defense of Europe’s borders against illegal immigration was another topic mentioned by all speakers during the two-day event.

In a recurring theme of the far-right supporting the Trump regime, which has been labeling the media as “parasites,” criticizing liberal elites, and denouncing the “invasion” of Muslim immigrants, European far-right leaders have now shown “American protectionism” by praising Trump’s most recent targets, such as tariffs and criticizing taxes in Europe.

Regarding the parties that attended the far-right conference in Europe, the New York Times reported on the 9th that “many of the participants are still considered outcasts in the European Parliament in Brussels,” and that “right-wing leaders such as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni did not attend the event hosted by a group that calls itself Patriots for Europe in that legislative body,” revealing the right-wing parties’ “national indifference.”

French far-right leader Le Pen focused on criticizing the European Union, saying that “Trump’s election victory took precedence over ‘real change’ in Europe,” and that “the European Union has left the continent on the periphery of the technological revolution underway in artificial intelligence and other areas.”

Le Pen continued by saying that the far-right leaders’ meeting that day “was the best opportunity for European leaders to communicate and work with Trump,” and “we are the only ones who can talk to the new Trump administration,” defining the “Trump-dependent European far-right” as the liberal far-right.

The leaders' meeting in Madrid, which adopted the European political ideology of "Make Europe Great Again" as the direct successor to Trump's far-right political movement "MAGA" (Make America Great Again), was attended by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, and French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, and was led by Salvini and Vox President Santiago Abascal of Spain.

The New York Times reported that "they applauded the agenda of U.S. President Trump and talked about the turning point he presented to Europe at an event hosted by Spain's Vox party in Madrid under the banner of "Make Europe Great Again." Abascal said, "The biggest tariffs are the Green Deal and confiscatory taxes from Brussels and socialist governments across Europe," while downplaying Trump's threats to raise tariffs on European imports, saying that EU taxes and regulations pose a greater risk to Europe's prosperity.

Trump's The election was “the last chance for the West,” said Aphroditi Latinopoulou, a member of the far-right Voice of Reason party in Greece.

Latinopoulou, a far-right leader in Greece, said his party has no parliamentary representation in Greece, the New York Times reported.

In a video address to the summit, far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared to his far-right allies, “The tornado of Trump has changed the world in just a few weeks,” adding, “Yesterday we were heretics. Now we are mainstream.”

Orban, who has long been prominent in the far-right camp, particularly as a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, delivered a speech that strongly criticized aid to Ukraine, saying, “Because of Brussels, we are giving our money to Ukraine, which is fighting a desperate war.”

Dutch far-right leader Geert Geert Wilders, who copied President Trump's language, said, "Voters are demanding 'deport illegal immigrants and criminals,'" and directly expressed his respect for Trump's victory, saying, "He (Trump) is sending a message of hope," and that he brought about a "political earthquake in the world."

The New York Times described the gathering of European far-right leaders that day as "'liberal fascists' who say they have replaced Christian civilization with a 'sick satanic utopia,'" and that in their speeches that day, they freely borrowed extreme conspiracy theories, saying, "Creepy people who want to turn our children into trans monsters," and "Immigrants have racially replaced native Europeans."

Among the European far-right leaders who attended the rally that day, Nogu did not mention 'strengthening cooperation between EU countries', but only defined the EU as an 'enemy.'

French far-right party Le Pen described the EU as a “pump that works in reverse,” and said, “Institutionalizing powerlessness sucks sovereignty from our countries,” calling them “exploiters.”

The New York Times said of the commonalities of the European far-right, “Along with Trump, the European far-right shares a distaste for the European Union to which they belong,” and “Although many countries benefit from EU funds and almost all parties reject calls to leave the EU because Brexit has proven to be a drag on the British economy, they have confirmed their gap with the right wing by reinforcing criticism of the EU and racial prejudice as new topics.”

The ideological divisions of the European far-right were revealed indisputably at the “far-right summit.”

Some far-right leaders of European countries praise the “free market economy,” while others have strengthened their support for protectionism, widening the gap.

The common denominator among the European far right on this day is “strengthening aversion to the European Union with Trump,” which corresponds to adopting the stance of “the European Union is the real enemy” and strengthening cooperation with the Trump regime.

 

The Hankyoreh reported on the European far right rally on the 9th as “European far right politicians gather in Madrid after Trump’s inauguration---“Let’s stop illegal immigration”.”

KBS reported on the 10th as “European far right riding the Trump wave---“Yuri is the future” celebration.”