On July 3, Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the country’s coalition government led by Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV) that was victorious in the 2023 Dutch elections. Notably, former intelligence chief Dick Schoof, was picked to become the new prime minister. The new Schoof government has pledged to enforce the Netherlands’ “strictest ever” immigration restrictions. Significantly, the coalition government hopes to propose tough measures on asylum seekers, do away with the system of family reunification for refugees, and decrease the number of international students permitted in the Netherlands. Moreover, the ruling coalition’s scheme unveils a plan to “opt out” of the contentious EU Migration Pact that critics like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán have slammed as reinforcing existing “open-border” policies.
Likewise, Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN) emerged triumphant after France’s the first round of France’s parliamentary elections mirrored French voter discontent regarding Emmanuel Macron’s government’s liberal immigration policies and their consequent strain on France’s finances, as well as immigrant-linked crimes on native French people.
Additionally, the significant rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in the recent United Kingdom (UK) elections that was touted as a “bloodbath” for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party cannot be overlooked either. Although Reform UK won just four seats, the party enjoys the support of millions of British voters. Earlier this year, Reform UK campaigned on an anti-immigration election platform, touting that “net migration should be zero”. Clearly, the party’s tough stance on immigration seemed to resonate with many British voters wanting to see a reduction or a halt to the uncontrolled migration agenda of the Conservative government.
As much as Eurocrats and globalist elites attempt to whitewash the actual situation on immigration, the Brussels-backed European migration project has evidently failed the European people.
In Germany, nationalist and anti-globalist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is projected to win upcoming elections in three of Germany's 16 federal states in September, according to Reuters reports. Previously in the June EP Elections, AfD emerged second, raising its vote share from 11% to 15.9%. Furthermore, party membership had increased by 60% to 46,881 members since January 2023, Reuters reported. In March this year, AfD won its third-ever mayoral seat with Rolf Weigand elected as mayor of Germany’s Großschirma, signifying the party’s rising popularity among German voters and voter unhappiness with the country’s unchecked immigration policies. No doubt thanks to the AfD’s electoral rise, even leftists from Germany’s Green party have begun urging for more rules to stem illegal migration.
Similarly, Portugal’s Democratic Alliance (AD) Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, who assumed power last April after an election that witnessed considerable inroads by the nationalist Chega party, pledged to end the country’s “wide-open doors” stance. On July 1, Portuguese lawmakers urged for the overturn of a immigration policy that permits non-EU citizens to move to Portugal after simply paying into the country’s social security program for a year. Should the Portuguese parliament repeal the policy, non-EU migrants would require an employment contract before moving to Portugal.
Certainly, the aforementioned examples do not indicate that public resistance to uncontrolled immigration is the sole deciding factor contributing to the rise of nationalist or conservative political parties across Europe.
Hopefully, European politicians (in and out of the EU) who are serious about retaining power will not lounge around and not do anything to curb widespread immigration (especially illegal ones) amid massive anti-immigration protests throughout the continent, such as in Ireland and Finland. As much as Eurocrats and globalist elites attempt to whitewash the actual situation on immigration, the Brussels-backed European migration project has evidently failed the European people.
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