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"Make Europe Great Again", Europe's far right "shows its muscles" in Madrid

2025-02-08 16:25:36Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Make Europe Great Again", Europe's far right "shows its muscles" in Madrid

“Loving Donald Trump’s patriotism does not mean being a vassal of the US,” warned Jordan Bardella, president of RN, in mid-January, who intends to stay away from the US president.

Therefore, Marine Le Pen will seek balance in Madrid with Donald Trump, according to those around her. The Le Penists did not like the slogan “Make Europe Great Again” chosen for the summit. The former French presidential candidate called it “grotesque.”

Viktor Orban and Marine Le Pen are leading it, and many leaders of the European far right are attending a meeting in Madrid on Saturday, where they will call for a “180-degree turn” in European Union policymaking amid the rising tide of Trumpism.

"Make Europe Great Again", precisely under this slogan, inspired by "Make America Great Again" promoted by Donald Trump, President of the United States, the leaders of the European parliamentary group Patriots for Europe are planning to gather.

Along with the Hungarian prime minister and the leader of the French National Rally (RN), the podium will be occupied by Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini (Lega), former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) and Geert Wilders, who has been hailed as the "Dutch Trump", whose Freedom Party won the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands last November.

The German AfD, which regularly receives support from Elon Musk, and the Fratelli di Italia of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the only European leader to attend the inauguration of a US president, will not be present because they are part of other European parliamentary groups.

"Make Europe Great Again", Europe's far right "shows its

"Show of force"

According to the Spanish radical right-wing party Vox, which is organizing the event, there will be almost two thousand guests and the meeting was called the day after a dinner between the Patriots leader and Kevin Roberts, president of the ultra-conservative American institute The Heritage Foundation.

The goal is to "determine the strategy that the parliamentary group will follow," emphasizes Vox, which advocates a "180-degree turn" in European politics.

For these political leaders, the Madrid summit should serve as a "show of force," Steven Forti, of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ??told AFP, for whom the Patriots for Europe group, created a few months ago, remains a fragile coalition.

With 86 MEPs out of a total of 720, of whom 30 are from the French RN, this group is the third largest force in the European Parliament as of the European elections in June 2024.

However, in Brussels, they face competition from two other far-right groups, the European Conservatives and Reformists (80 elected members), led by Giorgia Meloni's party, and the Europe of Sovereign Nations (26 elected members), which includes the German AfD among its members.

In this context, Patriots for Europe wants to "demonstrate its central role in the competition" with these other coalitions, emphasizes Steven Forti.

"Occupy Brussels!"

According to this researcher, Patriots for Europe broadly wants to "use the wave caused by Trump's victory and the shock that Trump's measures are causing in the EU" to restore "balances" within the Union.

Viktor Orban, considered one of Donald Trump's closest allies in Europe, has made a series of harsh statements in recent weeks, claiming that the far right is the "new mainstream" in Europe. "It's our turn to conquer Brussels!" he said.

This is a message conveyed by Vox leader Santiago Abascal, who insists on the ideological proximity of Trumpism and European nationalist parties, especially on immigration. “Change is happening: Europe must choose,” he recently asserted.

For Steven Fortin, the Patriots for Europe movement “has one thing in common with Trump: it wants to weaken the European Union.” However, the American president’s positions could also generate “tensions” between the different components of the European far right.

Since returning to power, Donald Trump has intensified his attacks on Europe, from threats to raise tariffs to attempts to annex Greenland, a territory partially controlled by EU member Denmark, which was enough to rouse nationalist parties within the European Union.


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