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The Patriots’ Fair in Madrid, ‘less EU, more freedom’

by AI | 09.Feb 2025 | Europe in brief AI

From Marine Le Pen to Viktor Orban, from Santiago Abascal to Geerd Wilders, they are all certain that starting from the upcoming German elections, passing through the French ones, their time has come, that of the sovereigntists leading the States and European institutions.

The leader of Vox and president of the Patriots, Santiago Abascal (2d), concludes the first summit of the Patriots in Madrid, this Saturday, attended by the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban (d), the French Marine Le Pen (2i), and the Dutch Geert Wilders (i), among others. EFE/Sergio Pérez

Madrid (ANSA) – “Less Europe, more freedom. Trump has shown us that a new world is possible. It is not the Union that legitimizes the States, but the States that legitimize the EU.” After the triumph of the tycoon in America, Matteo Salvini in Madrid for the Patriots’ event spoke strongly against Brussels, increasingly convinced, along with his allies, that they represent “the future”.

From Marine Le Pen to Viktor Orban, from Santiago Abascal to Geerd Wilders, all are certain that starting from the upcoming German elections, and through the French ones, their moment has arrived, that of the sovereigntists at the helm of the States and European institutions. “The Trump tornado – summarized Orban – has changed everything: yesterday, for some, we were the past, folly, now we are the future, we are mainstream.”

For Wilders, Trump is a “brother in arms”, a companion in battle. His victory “must have the effect of awakening the Old Continent,” echoed Le Pen. From the stage of the ‘Make Europe Great Again’ rally, Salvini lashed out without hesitation against the Union “of the burqa, of gender, of the Green deal, and of Islamic terror,” energizing the two thousand Vox militants gathered in a mega hotel on the outskirts of Madrid.

For him, the program is “to do in Europe what Trump is doing in America”. The Patriots’ leaders reiterated the key points of their program one by one, from the fight against the Green deal of “climate fanaticism” to the defense of cultural identities “threatened by the woke culture”. A process they have summed up by evoking a new “Reconquista”.

The tones echoed at the Madrid event were those of a crusade, a holy war against “massive Islamic immigration” that weakens national communities, “encouraged by Brussels bureaucrats”, who instead of defending European Christian identity, think about starving workers with foolish policies (February 8).