A gathering was held yesterday in the Mormont-sur-Vernisson department of Loiret, in central France, which – although silenced by mainstream media or portrayed in a curved mirror – brought together people afraid about the future of Europe.
Organized by the Patriots for Europe, and especially by representatives of the National Unity (NR), the event was not filled with hatred, as any commentators would like, but with hope – for sovereignty, justice and return to values that made Europe great.
Marine Le Pen began her speech with a decisive discrimination between Europe as a community of nations and the European Union as a political structure:
My friends, Europe is not the European Union. Europe is us, and it is time to reconstruct order here too.
With each minute, her speech became more firm. She talked about reaching for power to give it to the citizens:
We don't want to leave the table, we want to finish the game and win it. Take power in France and Europe to give it to the people.
She besides outlined her affirmative imagination of Europe – as an area of diverse, cooperating nations:
Our Europe is brotherly, alive, assured and in love with the future. We want to build not an impersonal European Union, but an alliance of European nations – a community of past and destiny, respecting nations, culture, identity.
Le Pen clearly cut herself off from the EU's bureaucracy, highlighting how Europe truly drew strength:
Europe did not draw its strength from the bureaucratic pet factory, but from the genius and energy of each of these peoples and from the uniqueness of these countries.
She besides recalled the historical power of the continent – always erstwhile its states were free:
Europe was strong due to the fact that these peoples were free. Europe was large due to the fact that these countries were entrepreneurial. Europe was shining due to the fact that these nations were glowing.
She pointed out that today's planet is not waiting – and the power of nations must be the answer to global challenges:
Today, erstwhile the planet – the United States, China, Russia, BRICS – challenges Europe's strength, Europe can only regain its place through the return of the nations that make it.
As proof of this thesis, she gave examples of fresh months:
We already see this seed all electoral evening – like late in Romania or Poland.
Le Pen argued that patriots present are the force of modernity:
Patriots for Europe, my friends, are not children of the past. But in a planet that sees the triumph of nations, they – we – are supporters of the future and even its creators.
She proposed concrete reforms to reconstruct democracy and the strength of the European Union:
We will improvement the European Union to re-build Europe on actual democracy, i.e. based on the will of the peoples.
She stressed the importance of cooperation between free countries:
We will improvement the European Union to make an area of cooperation in Europe for free and independent countries.
In a geopolitical context, she spoke of the request to rebuild the European power:
We will improvement the European Union to regain strength – an ambition that is inherently European, but above all a necessity in the coming world.
Le Pen besides did not forget Europe's global place:
We will improvement the European Union to regain with our people the global authority that we have lost to work for peace – of course in Europe, but besides in the world.
Economic themes have not been left out either. Among them – free trade and the protection of local interests:
We agree on free trade agreements for social justice, respect for our standards and appropriate protection of our sectors.
Finally, a strong summary:
Above all, we will reconstruct their most sacred right to the European peoples: the right to decide who enters and who stays with them.
Many of the participants in the Loiret gathering repeated 1 phrase:
What Marine says is we all think – we just can't talk about it.
Jordan Bardell, RN leader, spoke after Le Pen. He called for a fresh Europe – built on values, not compromises:
We do not want Macron Europe – we want Europe of nations.
The wind of past is already blowing over the continent.
If it works elsewhere, it'll work for us. France can emergence up and be great, beautiful, sovereign and respected again.
His speech did not deficiency any safety accents:
We request a Europe of protection – 1 in which Schengen will no longer be a hole.
The audience reacted peculiarly violently to the simple but strong slogan:
He est chez nous – We are at home.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about his country's historical mission:
Hungary is liable to the EU for the transmission of the message of freedom. Hungary is simply a model of opposition to tyranny. Hungary is simply a lighthouse of free Europe.
There was besides a hard warning:
We won't let them destruct our cities, rape our women, kill civilians.
Santiago Abascal, leader of the Spanish VOX, concluded the block of speeches with the strongest accent. He talked about fighting systemic pressure:
Persecutions that contact Marine will become the norm. They will usage institutions, media, courts – as the government of Sánchez in Spain does.
He recalled that conservatives are globally targeted:
In Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, the USA – they hit right-wing candidates everywhere.
We're not stopping. We have the strength of our nations, our flags, the legacy of our fathers and the future of our children. They're the ones we owe everything to.
Abascal praised leaders specified as Orbán, Wilders and Ventura:
Orbán showed that there is an alternate to subjection. Defending Hungary's interests, he besides defended ours.
Wilders showed courage by giving up participation in the Dutch government.
André Ventura achieved a large score in Portugal.
He concluded this with 1 of the loudest passages of the speech:
We represent simple people – not millionaires. They want war and poverty. We want freedom and sovereignty.
I finished with a password that many would remember:
They say, “You will have nothing and you will be happy.”
And we say: “We will get everything back. We'll rebuild everything. We'll do it together."
