The last few days the results of the EU elections came in and the “far right” parties did extremely well across the various countries of the Union. There was a coinciding drop in the Green and Far Left parties across the EU. And the national far right parties in France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Italy and even Belgium are all either increasing or have already become major parties.
Europe is not the United States. But the same policies; runaway immigration, green policy sticker shock and woke repression, are souring the populaces of these countries against Leftist governments. Of course, the globalists are fighting tooth and nail to suppress this revolt. The various leftist and “centrist” parties band together to try and quarantine these populist parties and label them racist, fascist, reactionary and illegal. Germany keeps threatening to shut down their AfD (Alternative for Germany) party for being anti-immigrant.
But slowly and surely it seems that things are swinging away from these policies. Last year the Netherlands voted Geert Wilder’s party into power because they’re tired of the immigrants and the green assault on prosperity. The Dutch are hardly xenophobic fascists. They’ve just had enough of the madness. And it looks like France is getting sick of it too. After the French gave the highest vote total to their far-right party in the EU vote, Macron dissolved the French parliament and will call for new elections. It is expected that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party will end up with the largest number of seats in the body and there is a slight possibility they could cobble together a coalition. Italy already has a populist right government. So do Austria and Hungary. Even Belgium; the very heart of the globalist bureaucracy, has a growing populist right party. Even in the lefty haven of Sweden the right has come to power although what passes for the right in Sweden still looks like woke communists from where I stand.
Now don’t get me wrong. None of this progress means Europe is becoming conservative. This is like the spasmodic flailing that a drowning man experiences just before he expires and sinks to the ocean floor. I think the chances of any of these countries escaping the grip of their leftist elites at this point are vanishingly slim. It would take a miracle. But it does show that they haven’t completely lost all instinct for survival. And it might allow for a real revolt when things become even more desperate.
It is interesting that the United States, England and France are all about to have major elections within months of each other. What I’m interested in seeing is what tell-tale clues can be gleaned from the results of the elections and the reactions of the citizens to these results. In each case there will be quite different results and different reactions but, in each circumstance, we may learn a lot about what the future holds based on these reactions.
For instance, in the United States I’m expecting Joe Biden to be re-elected. And I expect this result to produce widespread shock, anger and disillusionment with the political system here. And that disillusionment may be a better result for bringing about change than a Trump win. But a Trump win would also be an opportunity to learn about the state of our country. Could the elites be very worried by how angry the populace has become over their manipulation of the government? An honest election might show that to be likely. So, there are things we could learn from this election either way.
And likewise with the British and the French. Each of these countries is suffering from stress and are very angry at their leaders. With the correct new leadership large changes are possible. So, I look forward to all this activity. But I confess I’m impatient for the results to be known. I don’t want the drama. I just want to read the end of the book.
Great piece, photog. I fear, too, that we’re seeing the “spasmodic flailing that a drowning man experiences just before he expires and sinks to the ocean floor.” Also, the EU elections don’t accomplish much, as the EU Parliament doesn’t have all that much power, from my understanding. The real shots are called by a permanent, unelected board of appointed apparatchiks.
That said, I think the EU elections are a good barometer for where Europe is heading generally. I’ve long dreamt of a France led by Le Pen. Talk about heads exploding!
Tyler, it’s a strange time to be trying to guess the direction of change. The Left has been calling the shots for so long it’s hard to imagine them losing at all. But I’m willing to wait for the final throw of the dice in November to write the obituary for our constitutional order. As for Europe, I don’t even know who most of the players are. I hope Orban maintains his control in Hungary. He seems to know what he is doing. Farange is starting from scratch but at least he seems to be on the right track.