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The world needs the EU (even more)
José Manuel Fernandes
Member of European Parliament, teacher and Portuguese politician
Hate,
radicalism, Manichaeism and protectionism are growing and spreading on a global
scale. They are not left or right, rather they are extreme left and extreme
right.
A dictator is a dictator, whether left or right. On one side and the other, they learn to draw crowds with seemingly easy – populist – solutions to serious and complex problems within society.
There is enormous tolerance for the left and especially for the radical left. How is it possible to criticise Marine Le Pen and not criticise Nicolás Maduro? In the EU, we all know and criticise – and rightly so – the wayward effects of Viktor Orbán in Hungary. But why are there no attacks on the rule of law in Slovakia, Malta or Romania? Is it because they are governed by socialists?
Examples are increasingly proliferating around the globe, with worsening risks and threats, not only for freedom and democracy, but also for peace and human dignity.
While Putin expands borders using military force and seeks to undermine democratic regimes and elections in foreign countries, Trump embarks on trade wars and tears up global deals, whether on the environment or – the latest – on nuclear weapons. They are radical trends that fit perfectly into China’s expansionist strategy, based on a communist regime that denies humanist values, human dignity, individual rights and guarantees, freedom and democracy.
The world is becoming more and more dangerous and in need of the European Union, of principles and values. The EU has to remain united and show solidarity so that it can be a beacon of hope and a world leader in the defence of democracy and freedom, human rights and social progress.
A dictator is a dictator, whether left or right. On one side and the other, they learn to draw crowds with seemingly easy – populist – solutions to serious and complex problems within society.
There is enormous tolerance for the left and especially for the radical left. How is it possible to criticise Marine Le Pen and not criticise Nicolás Maduro? In the EU, we all know and criticise – and rightly so – the wayward effects of Viktor Orbán in Hungary. But why are there no attacks on the rule of law in Slovakia, Malta or Romania? Is it because they are governed by socialists?
Examples are increasingly proliferating around the globe, with worsening risks and threats, not only for freedom and democracy, but also for peace and human dignity.
While Putin expands borders using military force and seeks to undermine democratic regimes and elections in foreign countries, Trump embarks on trade wars and tears up global deals, whether on the environment or – the latest – on nuclear weapons. They are radical trends that fit perfectly into China’s expansionist strategy, based on a communist regime that denies humanist values, human dignity, individual rights and guarantees, freedom and democracy.
The world is becoming more and more dangerous and in need of the European Union, of principles and values. The EU has to remain united and show solidarity so that it can be a beacon of hope and a world leader in the defence of democracy and freedom, human rights and social progress.
