After weeks of silence, the far-right movement sighed and celebrated this Sunday. For ultra-conservative leaders, the threat of losing the election in Brazil was partially offset by the victory of Giorgia Meloni in Italy.
With the defeat of the Donald Trump administration in the US, far-right groups focused their attention on Brazil and its diplomatic capacity to influence the international agenda. Internal emails from members of the White House even advised members of the ultra-conservative movement that, in Trump’s absence, the focus of the reactionary agenda would be the Jair Bolsonaro government.
But among members of far-right groups, the scenario of a Bolsonaro defeat has already been considered, including strengthening the progressive camp in Latin America. The concern was therefore about who would have the capacity to carry out the reactionary agenda, as countries like Hungary, Serbia or Poland have limited influence on the international scene.
According to lobbyists of the far-right movement at the UN, the fall of Mario Draghi’s government in Italy rekindled the group’s hopes that had remained strategically hidden throughout Meloni’s campaign.
The purpose of the relative silence was to show no signs of radicalism and to seek enough votes to come to power with a strictly moderate tone. Issues such as immigration, abortion or LGBT have been replaced by discussions of inflation and Italian income.
It worked.
However, as soon as the results were announced, an avalanche of comments and statements were made by the leading leaders of the far right around the world, many of whom were tried for undermining the independence of the judiciary or threatening democracy. According to the column, the sentiment was “relief” and the hope that if not Bolsonaro’s Brazil, the movement could survive on the international stage, now with Meloni.
An example of this sentiment came from Santiago Abascal, leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party and one of the Bolsonaro clan’s allies in Brazil. Millions of Europeans have pinned their hopes on Italy.
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right in France, was another figure who garnered 13 million votes in his country in May and reached the second round of the presidential elections with a “moderate” tone, but without changing the government plan. This Monday celebrated his colleague’s success in Rome. “The Italian people have decided to take their fate into their own hands by choosing a patriotic and sovereign government. We congratulate Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini for winning this great victory by resisting the threats of an undemocratic and arrogant European Union,” he said.
In Germany, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party also celebrated the victory. “Despite all the anti-democratic warnings from Commission chairman Von der Leyen and other politicians, the Italians, like the Sweden Democrats before them, decided in favor of political change,” said the group, which was kept under surveillance by German authorities for threats. democracy.
Referring to the centre-left government in Berlin, the group said: “This electoral success is another victory for common sense. Germany looks pretty lonely in Europe right now.”
Balázs Orbán, right-hand man of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, also expressed his satisfaction. “In these difficult times, more than ever we need friends who share a common vision and approach to Europe’s challenges,” he wrote. Orbán is considered the epicenter of the far right in Europe. However, it was attacked by the European Commission, which was concerned about its disorganization of the judiciary. Now he has a divine ally.
source: Noticias
