The announcement of the Rassemblement National, followed by the League, of wanting to break the alliance with the Germans of AfD opens up new interesting scenarios on the European right even if the decision was anything but a bolt from the blue and has already been they perceived signals in this direction. The stakes are in fact very high and concern the majority of the next European parliament. Both Le Pen and Salvini are aware of the veto placed by the CDU and the People’s Party against AfD which would have prevented the Identity and Democracy group from playing a role in the next European legislature despite the good number of MEPs it will elect. With the League governing party in Italy, Wilders’ PVV (in the circle) the main force of the new Dutch executive and Le Pen’s party a possible winner of the next elections in France, the Identity and Democracy group can aspire to a completely different role that marginal, especially if he manages to play a game of support with Giorgia Meloni’s Ecr.
It is difficult to say whether a single large group of the European right will be born, it is easier to create greater collaboration between conservatives and identitarians also because, despite some physiological differences, there are many more points in common as also emerged in the last European legislature.
Having to find a slogan that unites conservatives and identitarians, it could be a Europe that does less but better, becoming an added value and not an obstacle for citizens. The defense of European identity by imagining a model based on a Europe of peoples and nations represents the foundation on which to build cooperation based on a common vision of values that places the dignity of man and the person at the centre.
Both conservatives and sovereignists are in favor of freedom of expression, against political correctness, censorship, woke culture and above all they oppose the illiberalism of the left on the economic, value and ethical front. Hence a divergent vision from the socialists on the main challenges of our time: pro family and against gender ideology, in favor of the environment but against an ideological and anti-human approach, for businesses and against new European taxes. It’s still; in favor of border defense and against illegal immigration, for controlled immigration that respects our traditions and against a failing multicultural model, for the energy mix and against Chinese economic imperialism.
Yet the points that unite the two groups are not limited to a common vision of values but also to political battles carried out already in the legislature that is coming to an end. The opposition to the European Green Deal and the votes in the Environment Commission on the green home directive or on the directive that stops the production of internal combustion engines in 2035 are emblematic. The fight against eco-madness represents the common ground on which to set up a collaboration between Ecr and Id, also because it This is a theme that the left will continue to focus on in the coming years.
In any case, if we start from a shared value base, it becomes much easier politically to find convergence and, if the numbers allow it, to imagine exporting the Italian centre-right model to Europe.
The road is traced.
