EU Elections Round-Up

The European Union Parliament elections have come and gone. The victors’ confetti has settled and the losers’ tears have dried. We can take now take stock of what occurred.

France

We’ll start with what is arguably the most momentous election result. In France, National Rally, of which Marine Le Pen is a member and which is now led by the handsome and charismatic Jordan Bardella, won 31% of the votes and gained 12 seats in the EU Parliament. National Rally won almost twice as many votes as Emmanuel Macron’s pro-EU coalition. But it’s not only that. Bardella’s party made it clear that its was an anti-immigration campaign, and on that note National Rally won in every single département except Paris, which is of course the epicentre of French globohomo zealotry and the stomping ground for a huge fifth column of anti-French foreigners. Even Eric Zemmour’s party, headed by the elegant and well-spoken Marion Maréchal, won a few seats. On the other hand, the Greens and the assortment of leftist parties either lost seats or made zero gains.

This trouncing has provoked the French president to call an emergency domestic election which could take place as soon as the end of June. It’s a rather bizarre step to take. Macron could easily ignore the results of the EU elections, which really have no influence on the composition of France’s own parliament. Instead, Macron has dissolved the National Assembly and put his own reign at risk of a premature end just as he was seemingly about to become the great war time, visionary European leader he has long fancied himself. What could explain this? Well, in Macron’s own words: ‘‘This is an essential time for clarification. I have heard your message, your concerns, and I will not leave them unanswered. France needs a clear majority to act in serenity and harmony.’’ Fair enough, but since when has Macron cared about the concerns of the French people…and why does he care now? Perhaps it is easier to rig a domestic election in his favour than it is to ‘‘fortify’’ the EU elections? Perish the thought! Notre démocratie is 100% secure, just, and legitimate.

A tiresome feature of our times is that almost nothing is ever what it appears to be. There are always ulterior motives, chicanery, and hidden faces pulling the strings behind the scenes. Maybe those who outrank Macron have decided his time is up and forced him to call the snap elections. It’s hard to see why this would be the case. Macron is a dutiful globalist ideologue, devoted unconditionally to the European Union, and no one in Western Europe is more keen on going to war with Russia than he is.

So that leaves us with another explanation: maybe this is what winning looks like. Could it be possible that the French resistance to mass immigration, globalism, unnecessary sabre-rattling, an increasingly Islamified country, and the watering down of its national sovereignty, has finally managed to get its act together on the political stage and win?

Germany

The results in Germany may not be as surprising as those in France, but they are nonetheless similarly momentous. Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) was expected to do very well, and that they did. Despite (or perhaps because of) several of its members being attacked, stabbed, harassed, and forced to relocate and live under 24 hour protection, despite constantly being referred to as an ‘‘extremist’’ party, and despite the German establishment’s efforts to erase AfD from existence, AfD confirmed that it is a legitimate voice in German politics and it must be heard. It won 16% of the vote (the second-most of all the parties) and earned 6 seats in the EU Parliament.