“Li-ber-tad!” Li-ber-tad! » In the previous arenas of the Vistalegre Palace, in Madrid, this Sunday, May 19, the stands are overflowing with the general public, the Spanish flags are flying and thunderous applause welcomes the far-right leaders from Europe and elsewhere, in response to the invitation of the Spanish nationalist celebration Vox. Coming again time and again of their speeches, the phrases “wokism”, “globalism” Or “socialism” provoke the suitable boos from an exhilarated crowd. Word ” freedom “he’s chanted at will, whereas insults in opposition to the president of the Spanish left-wing authorities, Pedro Sanchez, often rise from the stands, the place practically 10,000 folks took their seats.
After two days of conferences and spherical tables organized on May 17 and 18 within the Spanish capital by the group of European Conservatives and Reformists (CRE), to which Vox belongs, on “freedom in the face of cancel culture”, “the criminal left”, “the conservative alternative to illegal immigration” Or “Judeo-Christian tourism”the Spanish celebration has determined to broaden the spectrum of individuals within the huge Viva 24 closing assembly, the launching pad for the European elections on June 9.
The goal said by the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, can be to organize “a global alliance between patriots”, dealing with “socialist globalism”, “woke totalitarianism” or “feminist supremacism”, whereas the European outcomes of far-right events ought to leap.
“Strong borders”
The president of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, though a member of the Identity and Democracy (ID) group within the European Parliament, made the journey to name for June 9 “a day of deliverance and hope”, and warn in opposition to the danger of constructing the European Union a “ centralized European superstate ». She also surfs on a very shared anti-immigration discourse in Vistalegre. “Entire areas of my country, France, are subject to migratory overwhelm and today escape the authority of the State”she assures, denouncing a “situation of migratory separatism” and calling for “start the reorientation of the European Union”.
The Portuguese André Ventura, president of the Chega (Enough) celebration and member of ID, for his half pleads for “strong borders” in opposition to “Islamist and Muslim immigration” and defines the events current because the ” Last hope ” whereas “the future of our civilization” is in play.
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