One week ago I wrote a post about how “right wing” AfD (All for Germany) party representatives in the European Parliament (called MEPs for Members of the European Parliament) had been booted from their EU coalition by Marine LePen’s group. Whatever the alleged catalyst – a brouhaha over “unacceptable” remarks made by AfD’s leader in an interview – the timing was certainly suspicious, coming as it did a mere 6 weeks before EU Parliament elections and in the face of rising panic by Brussels elites over surging populist fervor among Europe’s citizens.
Things are quickly reaching a boiling point in the European ruling Left versus rising right-wing political wars as the angst about upcoming European Union elections reaches a fever pitch.
German Greens especially, but progressives across the EU have been throwing shade at populist parties for months now, as regional after regional…
