The war on European democracy | The EU’s crackdown on populist dissent
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Romania, an EU member state, recently cancelled an election because the ‘wrong’ candidate won. Far from condemning this assault on democracy, Europe’s leaders fell silent. One EU bigwig even praised Romania’s example. Here, Fraser Myers explains that this anti-democratic authoritarianism has not come out of nowhere. European elites have long sought to insulate themselves from the judgement of the voters. Opponents are demonised, censored and shut out of power. Brussels will even oust elected governments if they fail to toe the EU line. As the Euro establishment grows weaker, faced with populist challengers and rotting from within, it is resorting to ever-more authoritarian means to maintain its grip on power.
“Ban all opposition - to protect democracy”. The EU
They have become a dictatorship. And they are not helping Eu countries, their aim is to ruin Eu countries as fast as they can. EU doesn't need migrants anymore, half of those migrants don't work, just live on free money.
Chinese whispers.
Clever very clever
The irony.
@@Robert-A-R even our founding fathers of USA they debated the dangers and failings of democracy. USA is NOT a democracy at all. Which is why the leftist keep screaming that democracy is being destroyed. Yes, we need to destroy these ideals and misteachings that the USA is a democracy. We are a Republic with checks and balances in powers and three equal power branches to keep the country a Republic OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE and BY THE PEOPLE. So they steal elections to win. Treason and Sedition. Most serious crimes. They gotta all go, be held accountable and our Second Amendment is for a time such as this. Period. This is America'ends balance of power. Tyrrany is coming to an end, call is authoritarianism, call it whatever. Enfringe on freedom and liberty and all hell breaks loose. And this is what is happening. What they don't want to admit or report on. Lines have been crossed and these evil people believe they have won. Revolutions are paid for in blood. Price of freedom and liberty. Always has been. Europeans have no armies hardened by continual wars for decades. And outside USA huge land mass, personal weapons? People have shooting ranges? Firearm safety classes? Leftists been busy for decades looking for means to remove weapons from Americans. While they keep their personal body guards. Trump is canceling security details. They have to hire their own. Pulling security clearances. Don't need them milking off government. Things are changing. And the freedom loving people are locked and loaded, silently waiting and prepared. And willing to die for America fighting for freedom against all enemies foreign and domestic. Which are many right now. So my greater question is does America have what it takes on home soil?
The more the EU screams about being democratic and about democratic principles, the more authoritarian it becomes.
Right now it's a dictatorship.
Just like how north korea really as some eu elite say
You are right and it's ironic
The Fourth Reich. Same here in the UK. Explains why Starmer wants to rejoin the EU and not US
EU banning dissent. Who's the fascists
The EU is not democratic.
Never was
its a cm eye veil regime just like WF
It's bureaucratic.
My 2 cents from Belgium.
The EU makes me tired. The only ambitions they have are senseless directives, regulations, rules, and so on, and nothing for the little people who live in the shit EU27. Everything has ground to a STOP, unsurprisingly.
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That is generally what happens with governments that are too big, to socialist. They cannot see how to grow an economy, but they sure know how to strangle one.
All the EU cares about is power . The European people means nothing to them .
This will not end well.
The more you read about European current affairs the more like reading the history of Soviet union
No kidding, we are becoming a leftist amusement park.
Can’t wait for Britain to leave the Eu.
Whatever happened to Article 16? Seems our lords and masters don't really work in our interests but more those of their own or their party. Roll on 2029 - note to Nigel: tell us again what you're going to do.
@@pincermovement72 need to find a place to draw the line.
Voters are just so inconvenient!
They are, aren't they. At least the European council or whatever it is doesn't have to pander to those schlubs of voters. Eugh! They know best!
Cant keep doing it forever. The revolution is coming.
I fear it is.
@@advocate1563 i welcome it.
@@advocate1563 Be thankful for it. Leftists have ruined all Europe.
I hope so, we need to unite !
Unlikely. The people will not revolt. They'll just begrudgingly go along because they feel they have no other choice.
Why my "Leave" vote was not about money.
I could see this coming.
Whole thing was a grift all amount mass movement of slave labour and ponzy scream banking and rampant inflation and wealth grab I was earning 20 a hour semi skilled work across Holland Germany as a uk contract worker pre EU sometimes hotel paid … after the EU ENDLESS IMMIGRATION and push for endless min wage, and exploding house prices ALL IF IT PRE PLANNED A UTTER AND Complete SET UP.. fortress Europe western euro land we share with iron boarders on the outside was a total lie
The problem is our politicians were bought out with Johnson and May delivering BRINO. We will never see the Brexit we voted for unless there are wholesale changes. If the EU continues down this path then sadly there is likely to be war in Europe again, the very thing that the EU was supposed to prevent.
You really believe, the UK policies are not affected be exactly the same power players?
@@annecareen Of course,but we would not be dragged around by policies aimed to aid,say,the needs of Germany or Greece....
@@annecareenIt was a battle won, not a war won.
The UK may have left the EU but populism as demonstrated by the emergence of the Reform Party is still resisted with the threat of cancelling elections by a minority government with an excess of parliamentary seats.
@@stirlingmoss9637 gotta keep pressing these facts harder.
Makes me so glad I live in a constitutional republic, with the Electoral College to protect the minority from being overwhelmed by the majority.
@@dreamweaver1603what kind of country you live
Europe has never truly understood Democracy.
Thank God for Brexit.
Which achieved nothing. The current government is in lockstep with the globalists in the EU, or maybe even more fanatic.
Dude, Uk is the worst right now. Your migrants have taken over your country. And Starmer is working with the EU. He is evil.
At the end British people voted for Starmer
When we get it!
The European Union is the soviet Union dressed in western clothes ( Gorbachev).
Makes sense now that the EU wants to become a federation
Damn, he actually said that? Because I've been jokingly calling it EUSSR for a while.
@@tpeterson9140 they say is for the europe to be able to fight against china and Rússia and also not be só dependent on the US. The problem is that this comes from the left and the centrist parties because the right and far right believe the EU has too much power over countries and that it should be a alliance not some form of government over all EU. Basically the right want the EU to be what it should be a alliance
@@joaogaspar9184 It was only ever supposed to be an alliance. At least, that was the idea we were sold. I wouldn't have believed any of this 15 years ago, but the people who raised the alarm were absolutely correct. The EU has become a transnational, authoritarian body made up of unelected officials who do their best to strangle opposition and increase their power
Looking at the trends in the economic situation in Germany in particular but also France, it may not be long before the EU edifice comes crashing down as a result of something as mundane as money - or rather the lack of it.
It looks like Rivian automotive are taking over Volkswagen, if true that’s an awful loss to the eu economy.
As Thatcher said socialism eventually runs out of other people's money.
That seems to be one of the goals, actually. It's baffling, but then again the psychology of elitists usually is
In 2000 the economy of Europe was about the same size as that of the USA. Now its about half the size. That shows the benefits we get from the EU.
Communism/ Cultural Marxism/ islamism.
I don't understand why countries don't begin to leave the EU.
Oh wait, yes I do. The individuals in power in individual countries don't want to give up the little bit of power they have under the EU.
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These are dangerous times. I am looking to the USA for hope and help.
how easily you are fooled
@@andrewbarry1380
What do you propose other than being obtuse.
Andrew ...you must say your reason for your comment .
Hope? Maybe. Help is not coming from the USA. Most of EU's problems and design come from there. A patriot in the USA will not help anyone but his country.
@@andrewbarry1380 Communism is dead, have you noticed that?
Excellent video, showing the lack of democracy throughout the EU. YOu didn;t explain the extent that Britain has not left the European Union despite the Referendum result
Thank you for finally distilling the core problem of tyrant rule EU citizens are subjected to
What has happened to the Western values in Western countrys. Where do we go to seek political asylum.
Exactly.
Is doesn't matter what a party or candidate says to the people, if the people of that country votes that party or candidate into power, and the election is canceled because only one side says its about saving democracy, no its about saving their position in power.
Why aren’t there more protests against what the EU is doing 😢
Plenty of protest in Romania and even more important, polling is surging even with this cookie candidate that we have. We are not going to put up with it anymore. Just too much “democracy”
Because of baaahhh 🐑
What does a protest achieve? The point of a protest is to make clear the number of people who are for or against a thing, in hope of changing the mind(s) of the people who make the decisions.
But when those people aren't elected, and don't care what the people have to say, what does protest achieve?
Because we all have become so docile.
There are plenty of Demonstrations around EU and UK, but they do not get any screen time, suppressed by the Main stream media.
Popular(ist) uprisings are inevitable!
If the masses don’t go to work for two weeks every 3 months until they change their attitude and believe me they will.
3 times in less than a century Europe has chosen nihilism.
Before Romania, something similar happened in Sweden's neo-colony Estonia, where the Security Service deposed the government.
Populism is something that exists on both sides of the spectrum. The Greens, for example, are left-wing populists.
No they are not.
@@garypowell1540Kinda true. As a populist, the population should like you. Nobody likes the eco-socialists.
Yeh, nut zero is really popular 🙄
The most popular gets the most votes that’s commonsense that’s what democracy is supposed to be
The watermelon party- green on the outside, red on the inside
The UK is cancelling local elections this year for the same reasons. They know the Reform party would make big gains in May so now they're cancelling elections in as many areas as they can. They're also changing local government to suit themselves without consulting the electorate.
The cracks in the walls of the EU dam are multiplying rapidly. The days of the EU are numbered...
Success in the view of the EU is that its GDP matched that of the USA 20 years ago, but today it’s half of that. Nothing else can be expected from its march to climate communism with a side of sharia law.
"When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; when Truth and Error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter." ~Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards: Selections from Their Writings (ed. 1920)
They can keep doing this but ultimately, one of these parties will achieve 51% of the vote. At that point, they might be rather more extreme, than the technocrats might hope for. I would expect them to want to destroy these technocrats at the very least.
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The EU has lost its moral authority, but still retains its power and marginalizes every one who would challenge it. I hope the people start to wake up to the woke power grab.
When they write the rules and enforce the rules, who's going to stop them? They also get to choose who plays in the game.
Power of the people, power of the masses, its coming!
Very good piece, Frasier. Great work
' . . tossed salad and scrambled eggs. Ha!'
What is the difference between 'popular' dissent, and 'populist' dissent. I suggest there is none, except that 'populist' is intented to disparage.
Exactly. If it's populist, it's popular..... just not in a positive context for the people calling it 'populist'.
Every time someone sheds light about what happened in romania i can't help but congratulate them. The fact that in a EU country electionS straight up got canceled is insane. And nobody in EU said a thing. They don't even want to talk about it. If it was indeed interference, why aren't they taking an agressive stance against those who did it? why don't they spread awareness, why don't they blame Russia directly for this at least? and If it wasn't, why do they let romanian corrupt politicians get away with it? It's simple... because EU is nothing but a project of oligarchies that doesn't care about the lower and middle class citizens, as they call them. they only care about the priviledged enjoying their ''freedom''. Freedom of imposing what they think on other people, by using money power and influence. that's what the rich people in europe want.
Correct. It's about money and power, everything else flows from that. The wokeness is both a cover and a distraction for the masses (both right and left, while we fight over this asinine stuff), except in cases where that ideology directly shoves more cash into their already overflowing wallets
Oh the lovely democratic dictatorship with the blessings of European Union. Mr Nigel Farage and all the people that voted for Brexit my apologies. I WAS SO WRONG!
Spot on
So according to the EU, democracy is a threat against democracy. Okay then. 🤯
Noughty voters!
The Separation of Powes is no longer a "european value" so it is clear that all the higher court judges need to be replaced at each election. There are clear issues with the corrupt Romanian court but also in Italy and France. It also makes clear why the EU were having a problem with the independent Polish courts.
That is a very good point: "You will not find a populist party that is agitating for the suspension of democracy or the banning of another political party". But the EU bureaucrats that's almost all they do.
Van der lying take on democracy.
My way or no way .
Do Europeans have what it takes to become warriors for their liberties?
Not really
It doesn’t seem like it.
Too many going through the university brainwashing programs.
The way things are I'm not even sure what would be the outcome of the terrible infighting that's on the horizon
Thank you. Very good explanation, very good indeed...
Read the book:
European Union Collective
by Christopher Story
It explains everything
The only hope for Europe is trump
Orban or Putin
And Musk.
Putin? Seriously?
He has his hands full fixing our country, which is smart. For better or worse, the people of Europe are going to have to deal with this themselves. They are capable of it, but everyone has gotten so used to apathy and complete inaction, or being censored into oblivion for expressing any of these now proscribed ideas
Very good report! Thank you, very worthwhile listening!
Let's hope America forces the UK to accept Freedom of Speech legislation
I remember when they did the same with Berlusconi, i saw the writing on the wall then
If you overturn the voting results then why have it in the first place?
Because it provides the _appearance_ of a democratic process, self-determination, and legitimacy. Even though people are waking up to that deception, it's still easy for them to throw up the old smoke and mirrors, disrupt people's thinking, and get us backing to arguing over pointless issues and hating each other
Now I see why Labour want to get back into the EU.
WE KNOW ABOUT OUR ROYALS
Great summary. Thank you
No i dont think their is any uprising The Germans are very obedient people they like to follow
The EU is in deep trouble. It will be interresting to see if it will survive the next ten years.🤔
I have never seen the courage out of Europe. Just hope they will find the will and solidly stand and not cave.
It's because we are so deeply indoctrinated over here. But more people are waking up
The meaning of the word democracy = will of the people.
you are absolutely correct !
EU democratie 😂😂😂😂 extreme left nothing democratic about it
EU - who would have thought a simple common market 50 years ago would turn into a party that criticise the right wing parties and then become naztys.
A force for Freedom and Democracy to protect its citizens, if you agree with the dictator that is!
If EU leadership carry on like this EU is in danger of disband
Not a day to soon
In this video we have "hard right" parties instead of "far-right", not so bad but same. Usually the closest parties are "center right". Has anyone noticed there's never a party that's simply "right" wing?
Yeah, that was really suspicious when I realized it. Their verbiage is essentially, if you aren't in 100% compliance with our ideology and mandates, you're a far-right extremist of some kind
The issues in Europe remain unclear... without a compelling narrative... and subject to bad actors from all political stripes...
... all the hallmarks of a weak and divided union... bereft of strong and inspired leadership...
COLOUR REVOLUTION.
what will we do....nothing
Great synopsis of recent Europolitics.
Perfectly summarised!💯👍🏻
If it is not pushing Europe toward totalitarianism, then what is it?
You walk into Target screaming and using obscenities the chance of getting hired is zero. I haven't shopped at Target in years, but I suddenly feel the need to purchase towels..... at Target.
EU = Fascism
Criminal.
Why do Poland and Hungary continue to stay?
We are not corrupted by the Eu that much. Yet. But they are trying here too, really bad.
Because they are net recipients of EU funds.
Financial benefits to stay, financial harms and penalties if they leave. Its how the EU controls countries. There's also deep interconnectivity issues. My friend is a member of the military in an EU country. He hates the EU technocrats but when populist candidates talk pulling out he rolls his eyes. The member states work in a deeply interconnected way in terms of data sharing, interoperability of communication and data systems, etc... Any country pulling out would be cut off from this and have to in many ways rebuild from scratch, which isn't a very reasonable scenario. And that's aside the individual countries are small like individual states in the US. Going it alone in world defense is not feasible. Some sort of collaboration is needed, and if they pull out, they'll have to reinvent the wheel so to speak. The EU establishment plays this power card too.
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Because of Gibs.
Socialism costs lives in untold quantities. Read history from say the 1930's onwards. And yes, Hitler was a socialist.
Estimates of that cost exceed 100 million people. That's the extremely low end, the CCP may well have offed that number alone under Mao. Could be half a billion people, just in the 20th century
You got this one hundred percent right.
Absolute truth.
Where is democracy,25 yesrs ago there eas a bit ,thenafter disappeared
Most of us are aware of all this, but what's going to be done about it?
Sounds a bit totalitarian and fascist.
EU is fallen down, fallen down, fallen down..
What was the name of the EU's Gauleiter in Greece?
Apart from election re-runs the EU is undemocratic in that the Commission has far more power than the parliament and in particular the ECHR. The ECHR having judges decide what elected governments can do is wrong in principle. Particularly when the ECHR has reinterpreted the law well beyond the original wording. This is the ‘living instrument’ approach of the European Court of Human Rights. "The ECHR views the Convention rights as subject to evolution and change in their understanding over time. What constitutes privacy, a right to life and freedom of expression must evolve with technological and social developments". In other words the ECHR will extend their powers over time to be more than it originally was but see the gloss they put on it!
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And who has (in the main) the say over Europe? Who really rules of Europe and the EU? 😊 ....🤔To whom is Europe nowadays subservient to?
Great Post.
Brilliant summary
A joke they made ireland vote twice on Nice europe a joke
Cancel democracy...lol
Thank you
Dr. David Starkey keep reminding us that Populism is Latin for Democracy!
‼We never voted for EU nor for the Euro >> We were lied into it
Not being from Europe, I cannot comment on this video. But I would like to ask anyone from Europe who supports the EU why you do so? Do you view yourself as European as opposed to French, Italian etc? Do you think a combined Europe can provide its citizens more than simply a common market? There is a pretty long list of wars involving Europe since 1700, and I’m wondering if you think the EU could prevent wars in the future considering the Russian Ukraine conflict.
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