{"id":222454,"date":"2025-01-23T18:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T18:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/trump-is-leading-a-global-surge-to-the-right\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T18:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T18:53:08","slug":"trump-is-leading-a-global-surge-to-the-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/trump-is-leading-a-global-surge-to-the-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Is Leading a Global Surge to the Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/01\/23\/multimedia\/23europe-right-1-mvcw\/23europe-right-1-mvcw-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trump Is Leading a Global Surge to the Right\" title=\"Trump Is Leading a Global Surge to the Right\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the start of his second term President Trump has positioned himself at the crest of a global wave of hard-line conservative populism, offering fuel and inspiration to surging nationalist parties in the European Union and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Those parties are generally united by tough stances against immigrants, support for what they call \u201ctraditional\u201d values in opposition to L.G.B.T. rights, aversion to climate regulations and pugnacious critiques of establishment politicians and parties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To varying degrees, some, though not all, have also sought to weaken or undermine existing<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>institutions, such as courts or an independent media, in what critics have called efforts to erode democracy and maintain authoritarian grips on power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It is a wide spectrum that includes the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which is trying to broaden its appeal before elections next month but still winks at Nazi slogans; the Brothers of Italy, which grew from post-Fascism but has moderated after it won power; the National Rally, which has more lawmakers than ever in France after a prolonged attempt to soften its image; and the Freedom Party of Austria, which was founded by former Nazi soldiers decades ago and embraced a combative image en route to winning elections last fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the parties differ from one another, and from Mr. Trump, in critical ways. Rhetorically, Mr. Trump falls at a far end of the spectrum of right-wing politicians and parties that have not been shy about using openly racist or incendiary language to disparage immigrants and political opponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In some cases, like his calls to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, Mr. Trump has promised changes that many of his most adoring fans in Europe have stopped well short of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Giorgia Meloni, for instance, has dialed back many of her more hard-line stances since becoming prime minister of Italy. In some ways, Ms. Meloni has provided a road map for hard-right leaders seeking to win and hold power in Europe: Talk a fiery game, but tack to the center on some issues \u2014 most notably support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump may be providing a competing one, less apologetic and more emphatic. Experts say even Ms. Meloni, who attended Mr. Trump\u2019s inauguration, and right-wing parties in Europe, might be tempted to follow it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe barriers are coming down,\u201d said Nathalie Tocci, a leading Italian political scientist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here is how the European Union\u2019s main conservative populist parties compare with each other, and with Mr. Trump, on key issues:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-786a484f\">Divides over Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has vowed to immediately bring an end to the war, though it is unclear how he plans to do so. In Europe, support for Ukraine has divided right-wing parties, with those adopting ambiguous or pro-Russian positions being pushed toward the margins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many of them look to post-Soviet Russia as a bastion of traditional values, but the full-scale invasion of Ukraine has dimmed its allure, at least for some.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere are differences,\u201d between Ms. Meloni\u2019s Brothers of Italy party and other forces such as Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary\u2019s Fidesz party, said Carlo Fidanza, the head of Ms. Meloni\u2019s delegation in the European Parliament. \u201cThe main one is Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Meloni has positioned herself as a strong backer of Ukraine, along with most of Italy\u2019s E.U. allies. She has said it would be a \u201cmistake\u201d to abandon Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Hungary, however, the Fidesz party is stridently opposed to all military aid for Ukraine and to European sanctions on Russia over the war, which it blames for Hungary\u2019s high inflation rate and generally poor economic performance. (Hungary has long depended on relatively cheap Russian energy.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Orban has met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia twice since the invasion began, presenting himself as a \u201cpeacemaker\u201d and denouncing Hungary\u2019s E.U. and NATO allies as warmongers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The war has ruptured previously close ties between Mr. Orban and Poland\u2019s right-wing Law and Justice party, or PiS, which was in power in February 2022 when Russia invaded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But other leaders on the extreme right are closer to Mr. Orban\u2019s camp. Herbert Kickl, the man poised to be Austria\u2019s next chancellor, and his Freedom Party have built ties to Moscow and criticized European involvement in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which has its strongest support in eastern Germany where affinity for Russia is strong, has accused German leaders of a \u201cvery dangerous\u201d escalation of the conflict by supporting Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In France, the National Rally in 2014 took a 9.4 million euro loan, then worth $12.2 million, from a Russian bank, and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/22\/world\/europe\/le-pen-putin-france-election.html?searchResultPosition=5\" title=\"\">Marine Le Pen<\/a>, the party\u2019s longtime leader, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kommersant.ru\/doc\/1793754\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">once said<\/a> she \u201cadmired\u201d Mr. Putin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But since Russia\u2019s invasion, which the National Rally and its top officials have condemned, the party has sought to reposition itself \u2014 if only slightly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The National Rally does not oppose sending Ukraine defensive equipment. But it strenuously objects to providing the Ukrainians with offensive weapons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It has also repeatedly opposed some of the sanctions on Russian imports \u2014 especially energy \u2014 and it has rejected the possibility of Ukraine joining the European Union or NATO.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7dc68003\">Some Soften the Talk<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many of Europe\u2019s farthest-right parties share Mr. Trump\u2019s abrasive rhetoric, disparaging their enemies and portraying themselves as outsiders and victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over the years, Ms. Meloni had denounced what she called the ethnic replacement of Italians by immigrants and called for a naval blockade against illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since taking office, she has toned down her tirades. While Mr. Trump on Monday decried an \u201cinvasion\u201d of the United States by immigrants, Ms. Meloni has largely stopped using that word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, she has continued to use polarizing language to portray her party as outsiders and underdogs, and to direct vitriolic attacks on the left, journalists, trade unionists, judges and the billionaire liberal donor George Soros. She has also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/18\/world\/europe\/italy-same-sex-parents-meloni.html\" title=\"\">continued to oppose gay<\/a> parenthood and the teaching of gender theory in schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The National Rally in France has attempted to distance itself from the racist, antisemitic and anti-gay outbursts of its founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/08\/world\/europe\/france-le-pen-death-national-rally.html\" title=\"\">died this month<\/a>. His daughter Marine has attempted to shift the party\u2019s focus more toward pocketbook issues as part of a protracted effort to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/07\/world\/europe\/marine-le-pen-french-elections-macron.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">undemonize<\/a> it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The shift has helped the party make strides in elections, even as many experts <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/25\/world\/europe\/france-national-rally-rebranding.html\" title=\"\">have characterized<\/a> it as mere marketing. The party\u2019s unrelenting focus on protecting French identity and its eagerness to change the French Constitution to restrict the rights of foreigners still mark it in France as a far-right party, experts say.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Germany, where voters will pick a new government in late February, the Alternative for Germany party is attempting to soften its image, too. It has chosen Ms. Weidel \u2014 a lesbian economist who lives in Switzerland with her Sri Lankan partner and children \u2014 as its standard-bearer in the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She and the party are attempting to appeal to a broader audience, aided in part by the billionaire Elon Musk, who has endorsed the AfD. But they are saying very different things to different audiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Parts of the AfD have been formally classified as extremist by the German government. But Ms. Weidel told Mr. Musk in a recent friendly interview that the AfD was \u201ca conservative libertarian party.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Just days later, AfD party members greeted Ms. Weidel with repeated chants of \u201cAlice for Germany,\u201d a play on the old Nazi refrain \u201cEverything for Germany,\u201d which is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/14\/world\/europe\/germany-afd-nazi-hocke.html\" title=\"\">now a crime to use in Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some parties have not softened their tone at all. In Austria, the Freedom Party gained ground in recent elections after intensifying confrontational language critical of immigrants and Islam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Party members have reveled in slogans with Nazi echoes, including Mr. Kickl. The Freedom Party campaigned on a promise that Mr. Kickl would be a \u201cVolkskanzler\u201d \u2014 \u201cpeople\u2019s chancellor\u201d \u2014 a term used by Hitler.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1bd46564\">Nuances on Immigration<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has promised to deport every one of the millions of immigrants who remain in the United States illegally. While immigration is at the center of all of these parties\u2019 agendas in Europe, they have different ideas on how to address it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The AfD has pledged to deport some recent migrants to Germany who commit crimes, but not others who learn German or otherwise assimilate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Fidesz in Hungary has denounced migrants as a threat to public health and potential terrorists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-12\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Meloni has said she only opposes illegal immigration, and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P-EbQ0ZOty4\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledged the need for legal immigration<\/a>. She has introduced a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/28\/world\/europe\/italy-meloni-asylum-judiciary.html\" title=\"\">much-contested plan to transfer asylum seekers to centers in Albania<\/a> while their cases are heard, and supported legislation to distribute migrants from border countries where they first arrive (like Italy and Greece) to other European Union nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other nationalist leaders in countries farther from the coast opposed the idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In France, the National Rally wants to reduce immigration drastically, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/24\/world\/europe\/frances-far-right-leader-says-the-national-rally-is-ready-to-govern.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">eliminate birthright citizenship<\/a>, force people seeking asylum to apply abroad, and privilege French people over even legal migrants for social benefits and subsidized housing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The party argues that reducing immigration is necessary to free up funding for other areas like health care and to protect French identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Jim Tankersley reported from Berlin, Emma Bubola from Rome, Andrew Higgins from Warsaw, and <!-- -->Aurelien Breeden<!-- --> from Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/23\/world\/europe\/trump-europe-right-immigration-ukraine.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of his second term President Trump has positioned himself at the crest of a global wave of hard-line conservative populism, offering fuel and inspiration to surging nationalist parties in the European Union and beyond. 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