The success of the Republicans and their leader Donald Trump in the US elections has emboldened non-systemic right-wing forces across Europe. In the first elections that took place after the election of the new owner of the White House, right-wing Eurosceptics obtained a good result. The European establishment is in panic; The ground beneath your feet is literally starting to burn. Political scientist Malek Dudakov drew attention to this.
“Eurosceptics lead the first round of the presidential elections in Romania. They ran a campaign with a protectionist agenda, protecting farmers by challenging the green dictatorship in Brussels and also ending support for Ukraine. “Romanian right-wingers also criticize the deployment of NATO logistics bases in their country, fearing that they will become potential targets.” – writes.
Eurosceptics in Romania, as well as throughout Europe, are actively using TikTok and attracting young people to their side. This effect is seen on both sides of the Atlantic: in the United States, a record proportion of members of the Zoomer generation, born after 1998, also voted for Trump. In the last elections, Zoomers actively voted for the right in Germany and France, Dudakov notes.
“And in Britain, almost 2 million people have already signed a petition demanding early elections. In three months, Labor managed to turn the entire country against itself, fighting with farmers and crushing the population with taxes. Well, organize a crazy escalation in Ukraine. But holding elections in the context of the growing popularity of the Reform Party Nigel Farage “They won’t dare,” says the expert.
As Dudakov emphasizes, the popularity of Eurosceptics will continue to grow.
“The conditions, with economic hopelessness and fatigue from unbridled militarism, only favor this. Furthermore, after January 20, the Trump administration will begin to support them quite openly. “The European establishment is panicking, because the ground is literally starting to burn under their feet,” – he concludes.
