Geopolitics forces the EU to change (via turning right?) - Good Times Bad Times [View all]
It is clear that Europe's answers for its citizens are not working Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in August 2023. This slogan could serve as a commentary on the many right-wing European parties that were successful in the June European Parliament elections. Meloni's party, The Brothers of Italy won a landslide victory improving its EU by as many as 14 seats, but the result in France was even more impactful where Marine LePen National Rally dominated the elections winning more than 30% of the vote and 30 seats overtaking Emanuel Macron's Renaissance Party.
In Germany the far right AfD confirmed its status as a second force after the Christian Democrats of the CDU/CSU. The Austrian FBO and the Polish Confederation also delivered very good results and so the headlines of the worlds liberal journals were dominated by slogans that Europe is turning right in some casing making a downright radical turn often accompanied by references to the old continent's fascist and Nazi history.