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Orbán says he won’t do an alliance with Le Pen (theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…).
Some broader thoughts:
- hard for Salvini to bridge usual allies (Le Pen, AfD, Wilders etc) with making new friends
- Spain’s Vox similar - don’t see how they can do deals with likes of Vlaams Belang
Some broader thoughts:
- hard for Salvini to bridge usual allies (Le Pen, AfD, Wilders etc) with making new friends
- Spain’s Vox similar - don’t see how they can do deals with likes of Vlaams Belang
- EPP exaggerates consequences of losing Orbán/Fidesz - I can see why Orbán could be attracted by Salvini (who has power & influence), but an alliance with also rans & oddities like Wilders and the AfD would be humiliating and, regardless, have less influence than many fear
- on the challenges facing the EPP, this is a very good piece (tough imho Berlusconi didn’t crush christian democrats in Italy in the 90s, democrazia cristiana crushed itself and in many ways was then reborn in Berlusconi’s various electoral guises) ft.com/content/dbebc2…
