DILEMMA
FOR THE RIGHT
EUROPE’S
RIGHT DIVIDED OVER TRUMP MOVES: Europe’s right-wing “sovereignist” parties are
at odds over how to respond to Trump’s action against Maduro and his threats
against Greenland, with some keeping mum and others cozying up to the U.S.
president, Max Griera writes in to report.
For
George Simion, Romania’s would-be leader (he was narrowly beaten in a
presidential election last year) and head of the far-right AUR party, Trump’s
threats of annexing Greenland are no reason not to declare 2026 “The Year of
America in Romania.”
We can
work it out: The fact that Washington may seize the island territory “could
become a major issue,” Simion texted Max, but he reckons Europe and the U.S.
would find “ways to overcome internal challenges.” The only way for Europe to
“remain free,” he added, was to “advocate for returning to privileged
transatlantic relations” — presumably by flattering POTUS ahead of the U.S.’s
250th anniversary bash.
Anders
Vistisen, chief whip of the Patriots for Europe in the European Parliament,
took a different path. Trump taking over Greenland was “unthinkable,” he texted
Seb Starcevic, because this would amount to the “collapse of NATO” (echoing his
country’s prime minister Frederiksen). “This is largely political theater aimed
at covering up domestic weakness, not a coherent strategy,” Vistisen wrote.
Balázs
Orbán, political director for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, explained
Trump’s Venezuela move as “pursuing the American national interests he
committed to represent.” Budapest’s only view on the matter, he said, was to
hope that “it does not become prolonged.” Orbán brushed aside a question about
Greenland by saying it was a matter to be decided “within NATO.”
No
comment: Max reached out to Kinga Gál, the first vice president of the Patriots
group, as well as Mateusz Morawiecki, president of the European Conservatives
and Reformists, for their take on Trump’s latest moves. Neither replied.
The Le
Pen exception: Only France’s Marine Le Pen has taken issue with the U.S. for
snatching Maduro. “The sovereignty of states is never negotiable,” she said in
a statement Sunday.
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