Posted on December 13, 2024

Democracy Is Dead: A Coup Against Right Wing Movements Is Underway in Europe

Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, December 12, 2024

In the past, progressive elites were not generally threatened by the campaigns of the old center and center-right parties because those groups have long been managed by fake conservatives with no intention of disturbing the deviation of the Overton Window to the radical left.  But of course, times have changed.  Legitimate opposition to the far-left is rising in the form of political parties fighting for secure borders and anti-wokeness initiatives, and the progressives are furious.

They’ve had a taste of near total power, and though they claim to be the patron saints of Democracy they are openly adopting authoritarian ideals in order to keep that power.

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In Germany the establishment is attempting to ban the increasingly successful AfD Party on the grounds that they represent a “return to fascism”.  Over 100 legislators backed the resolution, though it is unclear if a vote will be taken.  The AfD is the second most popular party in Germany and has recently put a candidate forward for chancellor in the upcoming February elections.

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In France, the increasing success of Marine Le Pen and her National Rally Party has been met with extreme derision by the progressive elites.  The establishment under Emmanuel Macron engaged in political chicanery after the National Rally won the first round of the French elections.  {snip}

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In Britain, there is no right wing party to represent public interests.  The current progressive/globalist regime has violated the spirit of the Brexit vote and has opened the borders of the country wide to third-world immigration.  {snip} The government and the British media now spend most of their time trying to hide the spike in violent crime committed by migrants across Europe and the UK.  Without representation the British public has taken to the streets to protest.

In response, the leftists have clamped down on free speech, arresting people who criticize open immigration online.  Democracy is fully dead in Britain.

In Romania, the Constitutional Court has for the first time canceled the results of a presidential election because a “right wing” candidate unexpectedly won the first round.  The government claims Calin Georgescu received an online boost on his campaign TikTok account from Russian sources and this represented a “distortion of the vote”.   {snip}

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