The league is pushing Putin after Navalny was arrested in Russia: is it reconsidering its position in Europe?

Yesterday was a day when the league surprised the audience of the European Parliament. In his speech, Marco Soni, chairman of the Northern League MEP and Identity and Democracy (IT) group, clearly and unequivocally criticized the actions of the Russian government against rival Alexei Navalny: “It is unacceptable how much Navalny has lived through the affair in recent months. Democracy must follow certain principles and certain rules.” Johnny declared that the international community had condemned Moscow and praised it in the name of defending civil and human rights.

Johnny continued in an Atlantic key, underscoring the need for the EU to have: “This is a common approach with all third states cooperating and conversing. The talks ended with a critique at the EU summit of a “policy” agreement on investments with China, highlighting Beijing’s “disrespect for human, civil and political rights”, take the example of Hong Kong.

The pro-Atlantic and anti-Chinese positions have been part of Salvini’s league’s regular pro-Trump lineup for the past four years, as well as criticizing Beijing (though) Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and China This was precisely negotiated on the Silk Roads Northern League player Michael Jersey). The real surprise, however, is Vladimir Putin’s outspoken critical stance on Russia, which has always been a reference point to Salvini’s League, and especially to John, the president of the party’s most euroseptic faction.

With this announcement, Johnny appears to be linking himself with the foreign manager and federal deputy secretary of state Giancarlo Gierketti, who has long called for an end to Salvini’s sterile Eurosepticism and a reduction in Putin’s sympathy for Russia. Giorgette said it was no secret that the league in Brussels should form a dialogue with the European People’s Party (EPP) group.
Georgette goes to the German CDU / CSU.

In September, the League rejoined Putin’s Russia by voting against a resolution condemning Navalny’s poisoning in the European Parliament and avoiding a resolution against violent repression by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. Belarus. On that occasion Johnny spoke of the “unbalanced resolution against Russia”.

In February 2019, Putin’s argument was so sensitive that Johnny lost his temper. An interview With a German broadcaster German wave. On that occasion, after more than 20 minutes of discussing the political positions on immigration and other issues, Johnny lost his temper and left the conversation when journalist Tim Sebastian began to ask him questions about the conflict in Ukraine and the Russian annexation of Crimea. .

So, yesterday, witnessing such a clear critique of Putin about Russia leaves us indifferent and inevitably leads to questions. With its 28 MEPs, it is the largest delegation of the Northern League Patrol IT Group in Europe, including Frenchmen from the Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National and Germans for the disabled. This is a very Euroceptive group, far to the right and very close to Putin’s worldview propagated by Russia.

Are we witnessing a “strategic shift” that will lead the league to the EPP and a more Euro-realistic path, or are the exceptions to the rule? We will understand this only with time, and of course excluding ourselves from “Putinism” will be an important step in that direction, and although the European delegation to the League is undoubtedly Euroceptive today, its 28 MEPs will be very convenient for EPP and newcomers CDU President Armin Lacet, Angela Merkel Unlike, people want to forget past announcements Questionable Towards Russia.

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