Because the European Union’s political elites scramble to redefine their stance in response to shifting international dynamics—notably the altering position of the US—a hanging shift has emerged of their rhetoric, with many now adopting patriotic, pan-European nationalist language and advocating for a “robust Europe.”
However is that this newfound pan-European patriotic nationalism real, or is it a calculated transfer by EU globalists to consolidate energy in Brussels?
Gustav Kasselstrand, chief of the nationalist and NATO-critical Different for Sweden (AfS)—a celebration impressed by Germany’s AfD, Austria’s FPÖ, and France’s Nationwide Rally—in an article titled: “Don’t speak about Europe—it’s a entice,” contends that the EU’s latest embrace of patriotic rhetoric is merely a misleading energy seize, geared toward eroding nationwide sovereignty and consolidating management in Brussels.
For Kasselstrand, the agenda pursued by EU elites is not going to strengthen Europe; as an alternative, it would undermine and weaken its true energy—its numerous, sovereign nations.
“Now, the EU institution desires us to neglect every thing they’ve mentioned for years, particularly that we’re secure because of Article 5: NATO’s collective protection ensures, which had been the inspiration and the one distinctive aggressive benefit bought by means of NATO,” Kasselstrand notes.
Their final objective, he contends, is just not European sovereignty however the creation of a United States of Europe.
Kasselstrand contends it’s a mistake to check Europe to the US, Russia, or China since Europe is just not a single state or federation however a set of many countries, every with its personal distinctive cultures and identities.
“Many individuals discover it interesting to listen to that Europe is changing into extra impartial from the US, however don’t be swayed by the rhetoric EU leaders are selling,” Kasselstrand continued. “Europe is a civilization that spans millennia, whereas the EU is a political union that, at greatest, has existed for under half a century and is shaking the very foundations of Europe.”
“The EU represents centralization, whereas Europe is outlined by its variety. Because the EU strengthens, Europe weakens. The distinctive character of every nation is the essence of Europe and what has made it the world’s most traditionally profitable and engaging continent.”
“EU leaders are usually not fools: they use Europe as a promotional instrument for an ever nearer EU. That’s why they, and their supporters, now solely communicate of ‘Europe.’ It resonates positively with most Europeans, whereas the EU doesn’t. However the true agenda behind ReArm Europe is to take the subsequent step within the EU’s path towards changing into an empire.”
Like different anti-globalist politicians throughout Europe, the AfS chief argues that the EU, which was initially conceived as an financial union targeted on free motion, has developed into one thing totally completely different, with a seemingly ever-expanding vary of powers and obligations.
He factors out that whereas the EU has lengthy had a standard overseas and safety coverage, Brussels now goals to ascertain a unified EU protection. He views “ReArm Europe” as a big and probably perilous step towards that objective.
With none public dialogue, Kasselstrand mentioned, EU Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, has launched the ‘ReArm Europe‘ initiative, which allocates 800 billion euros for “protection funding geared toward strengthening Europe’s protection capabilities.”
“Following the ‘boiled frog’ principle, the temperature have to be slowly elevated so the frog doesn’t understand it’s being cooked till it’s too late. Equally, the shift towards a standard EU protection unfolds regularly, step-by-step.”
“So what’s the actual objective of the investments? We get the reply if we take a look at the start of the European motion. Initiator Winston Churchill defined in Zurich in 1946 and on the Hague Congress in 1948 that the objective is “A United States of Europe!” and that”’we can’t accept something lower than a union for the entire of Europe!”
To conclude, Kasselstrand states that Europe’s freedom rests upon its nation-states being free of the iron grip of the EU.
“It’s only when European nations are free of the EU’s sweater that true European independence arises: an independence that manifests itself in a novel variety of voices and wills.”
