Since taking office, President Trump has threatened to control the security and economy of European countries in Greenland and promised to “absolutely” at the price of tariffs. Even his natural allies are nervous. Some people quietly tipped their feet from the US president.
But Saturday is not a controversial day. Leaders of European far-right parties arrived in Madrid, at least on the surface, promoted bold name rally in the new Trump era.
There are Marines rallied by French far-right countries; Dutch populist Geert Wilders; and Matteo Salvini, leader of the Italian Coalition Party. It is clear to all that they share Mr. Trump’s allegations of what he thinks is “awakeningism,” “gender theory,” and excessive environmentalism.
For them, the U.S. president has faced the last obstacle to limiting his party to the margins of politics. The taboo was overturned.
“Trump’s tornado has changed the world in just a few weeks,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told his allies from the stage of the summit, whose slogan “make Europe great again.”
“We were heresy yesterday.” “Now we are mainstream.”
In addition to the repetitive themes of the far right in Europe, media “parasites” are marked “parasites”, slamming liberals and condemning “invasions” of Muslim immigrants – attendees quickly turned their eyes to Mr. Trump’s latest goal .
For example, Mr. Salvini criticized the World Health Organization and the International Criminal Court; Mr. Trump moved the United States away from the WHO and issued an executive order to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
Mr. Wilders appears to have mimicked Mr. Trump’s language because he said voters asked them to “execute illegal foreigners and criminals.”
Mr. Trump’s election represents the “ultimate opportunity for the Western world”, said Afroditi Latinopoulou, a rational voice of Greek far-right parties.
Ms. Lanino Pru’s party was not represented in the Greek parliament, but some leaders of the Rally, including Mr. Salvini’s alliance and the Dutch Wildes Liberal Party, were already part of the alliance.
Other parties, such as Le Pen’s National Party and the Spanish Vox Party, which hosts the event, have risen in recent years but are still in vain, often shut out by alliances of mainstream parties.
Many of these parties are still considered teenagers in the European Parliament in Brussels, while right-wing leaders such as Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni did not join the event organized by the group, which claimed to be self-proclaimed He is a patriot in Europe in this legislature.
In the European Parliament elections last summer, many expected that the wave of support for far-right parties was not fully realized. However, many of these parties are popular among younger voters and have the opportunity to enter the government’s upcoming elections. They think Mr. Trump’s victory makes the trend.
Mr. Trump’s victory “had brought political earthquakes to the world,” Mr. Wilders said. “He brought a message of hope.”
They distorted the “free fascists” who said they replaced Christian civilization with “a sick Satanic utopia”, “weird”, they “wanted to turn our children into trans horror” and were supposed to be The people replaced the ethnic and ethnic groups. migrant. They borrowed freely from conspiracy theory.
They were disgusted with the EU with Mr. Trump – although many of their countries benefited from EU funding and almost all parties refused to cry to leave the group because Brexit proved to be a drag on the British economy.
Nevertheless, it is clear that their idea of making “Europe great again” is to demolish the EU because of its existence now. “Less Europe, more freedom,” Salvini said.
Some of the participants questioned the slogan of the event. “They said they want to make Europe great, but I care about defending Europe?” said Jesus Castañón, 79, a retired architect sitting in the crowd. “It’s not worth it.”
At the gatherings, the EU was uniformly disgusted as a group of unelected bureaucrats were sealed in glass palaces and intended to violate overregulated countries and undermine their economies through climate policy.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, most mainstream European parties have accepted spending more on defense, talking about solidarity to face-to-face with Trump’s potential trade dispute.
But few people say at the rally that there is a need to increase cooperation among EU countries. “The EU is an opposite pump,” Ms Le Pen said. “It absorbs the sovereignty of our states and makes it impossible.”
When people at the event talk about making Europe great again, most talk about making Europe a beacon of Christianity, elevating individual nations and restoring their pride and identity.
Instead of supporting the EU, one member of the crowd said he prefers to rebuild Spanish colonial empires, including Spain and Latin America.
“I have little in common with Belgium or northern Italy,” said Gonzalo Ruiz, a retired meteorologist, 64. “Reunion with South America is a dream.”
Some departments cannot hide it. Some leaders praised the economics of the free market, while others supported protectionism.
Mr. Orban, who has long stood out even intimate places with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin, criticized his support for Ukraine. “We are donating money to Ukraine in a desperate war because of Brussels,” he said on Saturday.
