Chinese state media Global Times Conclusion On Monday, he warned that an unexpectedly bad showing for left-wing and “green” parties in the European Parliament elections was likely to “upend European policy on migration, the green transition and aid to Ukraine.”
In Europe’s most influential economies, notably France and Germany, primary voting has seen left-wing parties lose seats, while right-wing and conservative parties both gain significant seats. Global Times So far, “moderate” and socialist parties are likely to maintain control of the European Parliament, but the dramatic gains expected from conservative parties suggest that many voters are disillusioned with the status quo and open to an alternative.
of Global TimesCiting the usual Chinese “experts,” the paper blamed the election results on “fringe elites” losing sight of the issues that matter to working-class and middle-class Europeans. The “experts” predicted that the election results were not an anomaly, but a “harbinger of a continent becoming more conservative and far-right.”
“This trend is likely to upend European policies on migration, the green transition and aid to Ukraine,” the state-run newspaper predicted.
“Europe is now in a serious crisis. The governance of the continent’s current political elite has failed to solve the problem,” said one “expert” Professor Wang Yiwei, lamenting the failure of the “remote elite” leaders to maintain the trust of their people.
Another researcher, Professor Cui Hongjian, suggested that the results were not simply a protest vote against the left, but that “Europe will continue to trend conservative and right-wing as mainstream parties have failed to rein in right-wing forces over the past five years.” Professor Cui did not offer any suggestions for how to “rein in” undesirable political groups. In China, the Communist Party maintains an unshakeable grip on power by using force against suspected political dissidents.
“This will have a major impact on Europe’s immigration, security and green transition policies – the areas where people are most dissatisfied,” the experts predicted, suggesting that European governments will begin to limit the number of international visitors to their countries and cut excessive spending on “green” climate projects.
of Global Times Notably, however, they predicted that the election outcome would not have a significant impact on Europe-China relations, despite the growing influence of “far-right” parties and the fact that the Chinese government is a totalitarian communist state.
“Who the next US president will be will have a more direct and influential impact on EU-China relations than the EU parliamentary elections,” the agency predicted.
While the election results are still not fully confirmed at the time of writing, some of the parties expected to win the biggest victories are on the right: In France, Marine Le Pen’s Rally National (RN) won so many seats that French President Emmanuel Macron called for early elections that would dissolve the National Assembly.
French President Emmanuel Macron (Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Images)
“If the French people put their trust in us in these new elections, we are ready to use our power, we are ready to rebuild the country to defend the interests of the French people,” Le Pen said after the elections were announced.
With Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party projected to win 17 seats in Brussels, Macron’s move has put pressure on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to also call elections, while Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander de Croo resigned following the election defeat of his Green party.
In Spain, millions took to the streets to protest against a deal that would have granted amnesty to terrorists and ensured Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s continued power, but the pro-establishment centre-right Popular Party (PP) Winner The PP won nine seats, while populist-conservative Vox won two. Vox leader Santiago Abascal lamented the PP’s gains because his party is expected to cooperate with the PSOE.
“In other words, the PP legitimized Sánchez in Brussels,” Abascal said. I have writtenHe told PP voters that they had been “deceived.”
of Global TimesXi Jinping’s apparent disinterest in Europe and Beijing’s relationship is the result of a genocidal dictator who has successfully maintained ties with European leaders of both the left and right. Xi Jinping underscored this reality during his first post-pandemic European trip in May, where he was warmly welcomed by both Macron and Hungary’s populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Orbán, considered by many to be a right-wing leader, praised Communist China as “one of the pillars of the new world order” and thanked Xi for his “clear and firm support for China on the issues of Taiwan, Hong Kong and human rights.”
