Right-Wing EU Leaders Gather In Florence Ahead Of Elections

Due in large part to the rampant crime and cultural degradation brought on by the leftist push to open borders to migrants from around the world, nations across the European Union have seen a spike in the influence wielded by right-leaning politicians over the past several years.

During a meeting in Italy this week, a number of these leaders met to discuss a new path forward for the continent and reiterate their opposition to the status quo.

According to reports, right-wing figures from about a dozen different European nations arrived in Florence on Sunday to participate in the summit. Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini described the common goal of all EU leaders present.

“Today we present to Italians and all Europeans a different idea of Europe: the Europe of rights instead of the Europe of cuts,” he said.

Salvini went on to note that “men and women with common sense and courage have gathered to defeat an enemy that is Europe’s first enemy, the Freemason technocrats who want to destroy the identity of our continent.”

Although attendees expressed optimism for a resurgence of right-wing ideals across the continent, Salvini and others tempered any such expectations with short-term realism.

He said that the objective is “to become at least the third-largest [group within the EU parliament] after the center-right and the socialists, and to be decisive.”

Several other prominent conservative leaders addressed the gathering, including Marine Le Pen, who has led the right-wing opposition in France — including as a former president of the National Rally organization — for years.

“We are movements of democratic and patriotic resistance in the face of a bureaucratic dominant structure, in the face of an arbitrary power,” she explained.

Some of the participants were not present in person but expressed solidarity with the discussion taking place.

While participants largely agreed on certain issues, including border security, there was also significant disagreement regarding international affairs — particularly the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Israel.

“In our opinion, the support we are giving the war in Ukraine is wrong and it is equally wrong to support Israel’s war against [Palestine],” stated Austrian Freedom Party’s Harald Vilimsky.