The US is openly saying they want to breakup the EU. Obviously 26 singular states that have to negotiate with a big bully are weaker than one united front. But the seppos have already been attacking the EU with their social media influencers, the manosphere, paying thinkpropaganda-tanks to influence politicians and the population, funding right-wingers, hacking into our infrastructure, and more. Only recently is the entire union waking up to the threat the US poses.

But can we resist? How do you think the EU as a whole should or will react? Will the seppos be successful? What are your predictions?

  • atro_city@fedia.ioOP
    11·
    3 days ago

    How is it not a credible threat? Right-wingers are making gains or are already in control in nearly every EU country. Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Czechia… They are screaming about “immigrants” and how “the white race is dying”.

    • Overspark@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Right wingers have already lost most of the gains they made in most EU countries. There is a pattern where right wing parties gain enough votes to get into parliament, fuck it up massively and then lose again in the next election. So far only Meloni in Italy seems to be doing well. So they can scream all they want, but that doesn’t mean they’ll get anywhere.

      • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Be careful doubting it. That’s what we did over here. The small minority with a bunch of big tech bots stoking flames against “the others” can get out of control fast. Honestly, it’s almost like they allowed an immigration problem to occur just so an enemy would exist.

        • Overspark@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Yes, that’s what happened in NL too. The previous government was a horrible combination of extreme right-wingers, a farmers party and the regular right-wingers, who all didn’t like or trust each other. Predictably they failed to realise even the simplest of their promises and they blew it all up when right-wing voter opinion started to turn sour after it looked like they would have to water down some of their promises in order to get anything done. The last election was a massive win for centre parties, although we unfortunately narrowly failed to make the left-wing party the biggest one. And this pattern has played out in a similar way in several EU countries in the past year(s).