@Broken Adam
How can you cultivate diplomatic relations with someone who literally throws all the rules of conduct of recent decades on the international stage out of the window overnight? You can hardly negotiate with someone like that, or have sensible diplomatic talks. Flattery or no flattery.
In the end, the only good thing will be that at least Europe will finally realise that it can no longer rely on the USA as its sole ally. This may sound harsh now, but it shows the resulting structural weakness in our own ranks. I therefore welcome every step that leads Europe to have to take care of itself. Unfortunately, this of course also means a large grow for the right-wing parties. But that’s the price you have to pay if you think a (militarily) strong buddy would protect you for life. A naive attitude that can be explained by the post-1945 period. This is now officially over and Europe will have to reorient itself in the long term. And some European countries will have to learn very bitterly what that means.
@Combine03
If one only talks about a constantly growing party when it is actually in office, then it is usually too late. In addition, these parties are already networked with each other. There is a lively exchange of ideas and that includes the anti-democratic attitude. As the National Socialists already understood after the failed Beer Hall coup: A democracy is best eroded from its midst. And no assumption of power without corresponding positions in the courts and the military. The process may be slow, but it shows itself clearly like in Turkey, for example.
I don’t want to put all of them in the same pot. That’s too simple. Whether they are neo-fascists or not, we are definitely witnessing the rise of anti-democrats worldwide. And that should give us serious cause for concern. In the end, it costs us our freedom. Without even one shot fired before.
