European Far-Right Parties Abandon Sovereignty Rhetoric Amid US-Israeli Conflict
European nationalist parties are aligning with the United States and Israel on the Gaza and Iran wars, contradicting their proclaimed focus on national sovereignty.
Across Europe, far-right movements that have long championed national sovereignty are now echoing the positions of the United States and Israel in the Gaza and Iran conflicts. Parties like Rassemblement National in France, Alternative für Deutschland in Germany and Fratelli d’Italia in Italy, whose slogans stress putting the nation first, have softened their stance as the US-Israeli war escalates. The article points to the genocide in Gaza and the widening hostilities involving Iran and Lebanon as proof that these groups are abandoning their independent rhetoric.
Meanwhile, European citizens are increasingly resistant to the war, especially as energy costs surge and the continent already feels the fallout from the Ukraine conflict. The piece suggests that if the far right truly believed in defending national interests, it would now resist external pressure, but instead it has aligned itself with the US-Israeli agenda.
Why it matters
It shows how European nationalist parties may compromise their sovereignty claims when faced with external geopolitical pressures.
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