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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/j-d-vance-didnt-go-far-enough-on-europe/
It is remarkable that the populist parties, who would broadly agree with almost everything said by Vance last week, have come so close to power and even (in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Austria, Romania, Netherlands) actually achieved it, given the obstacles placed in their way. The EU’s methods never vary. First, ensure that the media – largely pro-EU – always refers to them as ‘far right’, or more recently ‘pro-Putin’. Second, make sure that they are never allowed into coalitions. If by some chance they do gain power, threaten to fine them and/or kick them out of the EU if they dare to put their policies into effect. And finally, if the worst comes to the worst, declare their elections null and void and put some centrist dad in their place. It was a good speech by Vance – but he only scratched the surface of the EU’s utter contempt for democracy.
https://archive.ph/D1zdM
It is remarkable that the populist parties, who would broadly agree with almost everything said by Vance last week, have come so close to power and even (in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Austria, Romania, Netherlands) actually achieved it, given the obstacles placed in their way. The EU’s methods never vary. First, ensure that the media – largely pro-EU – always refers to them as ‘far right’, or more recently ‘pro-Putin’. Second, make sure that they are never allowed into coalitions. If by some chance they do gain power, threaten to fine them and/or kick them out of the EU if they dare to put their policies into effect. And finally, if the worst comes to the worst, declare their elections null and void and put some centrist dad in their place. It was a good speech by Vance – but he only scratched the surface of the EU’s utter contempt for democracy.
https://archive.ph/D1zdM