Since entering into office, President Trump has threatened the security and economies of European countries, tilted to take control of Greenland and has promised to “definitively” slap nations with prices. Even the parties that seem to be its natural allies are nervous. Some have discreetly overthrew the American president.
But Saturday was not the day of disputes. The leaders of the far -right parties in Europe came to Madrid for what, at least, was equivalent to a rally to boost surface names in fat for a new Trump era.
There was Marine Le Pen of the far -right national rally of France; The Populist of the Netherlands, Geert Wilders; The leader of the Italian League, Matteo Salvini. All clearly indicated that they shared Mr. Trump’s office against what they consider to be “alarm clock”, a “gender theory” and open environmentalism.
For them, the American president had exploded the last obstacles that had confined their parties to political margins. The taboos had been overthrown.
“Trump’s tornado has changed the world in just a few weeks,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary told his allies from the summit scene whose slogan was, “render Europe.”
“Yesterday we were the heretics,” he said. “Now we are the dominant current.”
In addition to the recurring themes of the European extreme right – label the media “parasites”, denigrate the liberal elites and trigger a “invasion” of Muslim immigrants – the participants quickly turned the most recent objectives of Mr. Trump.
For example, Mr. Salvini criticized the World Health Organization and the International Criminal Court; Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the WHO and published an imposing decree of sanctions on the ICC.
Wilders seemed to imitate the language of Mr. Trump when he said that the voters asked them “to expel unlazen and illegal criminals”.
The election of Mr. Trump represents “the last opportunity of the Western world,” said Afrotiti Latinopoulou, a legislator of the voice of Greek reason of the extreme right.
The party of Ms. Latinopoulou has no representation in the Greek parliament, but certain leaders of the rally, including the League of Mr. Salvini and the Liberty Party of Mr. Wilders in the Netherlands, are already governed within the framework Coalitions.
Other parties, such as the National Party of Ms. Le Pen and the Spanish Vox Party, which welcomed the event, have increased in recent years, but were still out of power, often held by an alliance of traditional parties.
Many of these parties are always considered for pariahs in the European Parliament in Brussels, and right -of -right chiefs like Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy have not joined the event organized by the group, which is called the Patriots for the ‘Europe in this legislative body.
During elections last summer for the European Parliament, what many had planned would be a wave of support for far -right parties did not materialize. But many of these parties are popular among young voters and have a chance to enter governments in the next elections. They think that Mr. Trump’s victory put the wind in their sails.
Mr. Trump’s victory “brought a political earthquake to the world,” said Wilders. “He brings a message of hope.”
They followed the “liberal fascists” who, according to them, had replaced Christian civilization with “a sick satanic utopia”, the “creations” which “want to transform our children into trans” trans “and the supposed ethnic replacement of Europeans born by the countries by Europeans of origin by Europeans of origin by Europeans of origin by Europeans of origin by the Europeans of immigrant nation. They generously borrowed from conspiracy theories.
And with Mr. Trump, they shared a disgust for the European Union – even if many of their countries benefit from EU funds and that almost all parties have disowned the cries to leave the block since Brexit s’ has proven to be a brake on the British economy.
Nevertheless, it was clear that their idea of making “Europe great again” was to demolish the European Union as it is now. “Less from Europe, more freedom,” said Salvini.
Some of the participants questioned the very slogan of the event. “They say they want to make Europe formidable, but what do I care to defend Europe?” said Jesus Castañón, 79, a retired architect who sat in the crowd. “It doesn’t deserve it.”
During the rally, the European Union was uniformly hated as a group of non -elected bureaucrats sealed in glass palates and determined to break the nations with excessive regulations and sabotage their economies with climatic policies.
Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, most traditional Europe parties have come to accept the need to spend more money on defense, and they speak of unit to face potential litigation with M .
But shortly in the rally said they need to increase cooperation between EU countries. “The European Union is a pump that works upside down,” said Le Pen. “This aspires the sovereignty of our states to institutionalize helplessness.”
When people of the event spoke of making Europe again large, most of them spoke of making Europe a beacon of Christianity, to raise individual nations and to restore their pride and identity.
Instead of supporting the European Union, a member of the crowd said that he preferred the restoration of the Spanish colonial empire encompassing Spain and Latin America.
“I have few common points with a Belgian or northern Italian,” said Gonzalo Ruiz, 64, a retired meteorologist. “Reunification with South America is the dream.”
Some divisions could not be disguised. Some leaders praised the free market economy, while others supported protectionism.
Mr. Orban, who has been standing out for a long time, even among the far right, his proximity to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, criticized the support of Ukraine. “Because of Brussels, we give our money to Ukraine in a desperate war,” he said on Saturday.
