The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I posted up my view that the populists and far right were capable of making the EU whatever they wanted it to be last year or whenever . What I find interesting is how what was once a cordon sanitaire is by the centre right and the liberals there is now an arm round the shoulder. We had the same this week in Portugal where after an election campaign by the DA ( the centre right SDP alliance) which said 'no means no' to any coalition with Chega they nominated a Chega member for Vice President of the House.The one thing I've heard said about Meloni is that she has embraced the EU as an institution - and vice versa - particularly regarding ukraine war but not just - which has upset her eurosceptic supporters but is solidifying her as an establishment (rather than anti-establishment) politician. Mainstreaming hard. Then add in a Trump alliance...