BarcelonaJoaquín Manso, director ofThe world, describes the group Patriotes for Europe created by the ultras Le Pen, Salvini, Orbán and Vox as “Putinian International”. The qualifier is ingenious, although the ultra group in Strasbourg is not articulated as an ideological international. And while crossing mythological and literary thresholds, it would not be inappropriate to say that we are facing Putin’s Trojan horse passing through the very heart of the European Union. A Trojan horse led by Viktor Orbán, from where the frequencies that Putin – and soon Donald Trump – need to know in a documented and detailed way what profitability can be generated by the fragilities that trap the European Union could be broadcast.
It is not at all banal to say that Viktor Orbán is a clear enemy of Europe who takes advantage of the rotating presidency of the EU. You only have to look at the handshakes with Putin and Xi Jinping, and the flattery of Trump on a deferred basis – and then live – on the same days that French voters were mobilizing to block the way to Marine Le Pen’s ultras. And it is inevitable to ask: how was he allowed? Why did the Commission or the Council not organize an exceptional meeting on the 27th to propose the suspension of Orbán’s itinerant presidency, accompanied by dissuasive measures, such as the possibility of suspending the arrival of EU funds to Hungary?
In moments like this, the fear of the hard core of the EU re-emerges, which feels unable to confiscate the 191,000 million euros of Russian ownership blocked in European banks. Yes, we already know that the interests have been transferred to Ukraine, but such fear is fueling the recklessness of others: now Saudi Arabia is threatening to get rid of billions in European assets if Brussels dares to confiscate the Russian assets.
All in all, the confusing moment we are living in is not, by a long shot, as gloomy as the nuclei of the ultra groups scattered across Europe wished and predicted. On the 4th of July, the Labor victory in the United Kingdom was a good omen for Sunday the 8th not to fulfill the forecasts in France. But the next day, July 9, Putin sent a missile into Kyiv against a children’s hospital. A tantrum because things aren’t going as planned? While the bodies of the creatures are being recovered, on the same day the staging of the group Patriotes per Europa begins. In the middle of the choreography, Marine Le Pen seems to have forgotten that just four days ago she had to skip her loyalty to Putin when the master of the Kremlin reaffirmed his support. An interference, says Le Pen; and he is not wrong. He was trying to prevent some of his anti-Russian voters from staying home or switching ballots.
The door continued to hover
The allies see Ukraine’s entry into NATO as irreversible and point to China as a “facilitator” of the war and support for Russia. But NATO does not have them all. He is careful not to reprimand Orbán openly – when he goes to the Atlanticist summit in Washington – or when he proposes to end the war at the price of ceding territories to Putin and humiliating Ukraine. Discomfort is hidden and reproaches stay at home. At the moment. Is there any other initiative to end the war beyond Viktor Orbán’s? A recent European poll says 59% of Ukrainians are confident they can defeat the Russians and 45% are ready to make territorial cessions. And Ukraine in the EU and NATO? Most Europeans believe that it would be necessary to negotiate with Putin first. The fear of Putin continues to hover.
Source: www.ara.cat
