Since it entered office, President Trump has threatened the security and economies of European countries, angled to take control of Greenland and has promised to “certainly” slap nations with rates. Even the parts that would seem to be its natural allies are nervous. Some have returned to the tip of feet by the American president.
But on Saturday it was not the day of the disputes. The leaders of the far -right parties in Europe came to Madrid for what, at least on the surface, equivalent to a manifestation of the names of the names in bold for a new era of Trump.
There was marine the pen of the far -right national demonstration in France; the Dutch populist, Geert Wilders; The leader of the Italian championship party, Matteo Salvini. Everyone clarified that they shared the accusation of Mr. Trump against what they see as “Wokeism”, “gender theory” and that has overcome environmentalism.
For them, the American president had passed the last barriers that had limited their parties to the political margins. The taboos had been overturned.
“Trump’s tornado changed the world in a couple of weeks,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary to his allies from the stage of the summit whose slogan was “make Europe 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 “parasites” media, hitting the liberal elites and decree a “invasion” of Muslim immigrants – the participants quickly highlighted the most recent objectives of Mr. Trump.
For example, Salvini criticized the World Health Organization and the International Criminal Court; Trump moved to collect the United States from WHO and issued an executive order by imposing penalties to the ICC
Mr. Wilders seemed to imitate the language of Mr. Trump while he said that the voters were asking them to “expel aliens and illegal criminals”.
The election of Mr. Trump represents “the final opportunity of the western world”, said Afroditi Latinopoulou, a legislator with the voice of the reason of the Greek far -right party.
Mrs. Latinopoulou’s party has no representation in the Greek parliament, but some leaders to the event, including the League of Mr. Salvini and the party for the freedom of Mr. Wilders in the Netherlands, are already governing as part of the coalitions.
Other parts, such as the National Party of Mrs. Le Pen and the Spanish Vox Party, who have hosted the event, have increased in recent years, but were still out of power, often kept outside a alliance of traditional parts.
Many of these parts are still considered pariah in the European Parliament in Brussels and right -wing leaders as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni d’Italia have not joined the event organized by the group, which defines themselves as the patriots for Europe in that body legislative.
In the elections of last summer for the European Parliament, what many had foreseen would have been a wave of support for the far -right parties did not materialize. But many of these parts are popular among young voters and have the opportunity to enter governments in the next elections. They think that Mr. Trump’s victory put the wind in their sails.
The victory of Mr. Trump “brought a political earthquake to the world,” said Wilders. “Bring a message of hope.”
They infiltrated the “liberal fascists” who according to them had replaced Christian civilization with “a sick Satanic utopia”, the “Creeps” who “want to transform our children into trans-factory” and the alleged ethnic replacement of native European Europeans from immigrants . They borrowed freely from conspiracy theories.
And together with Trump they shared a disgust for the European Union, even if many of their countries benefit from EU funds and almost all parties have denied the cries to leave the blockage since Brexit proved to be a resistance on the economy British.
However, it was clear that their idea of making “Europe Again again” was to break down the European Union as it is now. “Less Europe, more freedom,” said Salvini.
Some of those who participated have questioned the slogan of the event itself. “They say they want to make Europe great, but what interests me to defend Europe?” Jesus Castañón said, 79, a retired architect seated between the crowd. “Don’t deserve it.”
At the meeting, the European Union was uniformly detestated as a group of not elected bureaucrats sealed in glass buildings and intent on violating nations with excessive regulation and sabotage their economies with climatic policies.
From the Russian invasion of Ukraine, most of the traditional European parties accepted the need to spend more money in defense and speak of units to face potential commercial controversies with Mr. Trump.
But few at the event they talked about the need to increase cooperation between EU countries. “The European Union is a pump that works on the contrary,” said Mrs. Le Pen. “The sovereignty of our states sucks to institutionalize impotence”.
When the people at the event spoke of making Europe again great, most talked about making Europe a lighthouse for Christianity, raising individual nations and restoring their pride and identity.
Instead of supporting the European Union, a member of the crowd claimed to prefer the restoration of the Spanish colonial empire that includes Spain and Latin America.
“I have little in common with a Belgian or an Italian North,” said Gonzalo Ruiz, 64 years old, retired meteorologist. “The reunification with South America is the dream.”
Some divisions could not be masked. Some leaders praised the economy of the free market, while others have supported protectionism.
Orban, who has long also distinguished himself in the extreme right for his proximity to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, has criticized the support for Ukraine. “Because of Brussels we are giving our money to Ukraine in a hopeless war,” he said on Saturday.