• ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I want to thank President Donald Trump for making EU enlargement ever more attractive.

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    4 months ago

    A conservative saying it. Interesting. I thought conservatives everywhere had been corrupted to disparage unity

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      4 months ago

      Western/Northern European conservatives are broadly similar to American conservatives, i.e. moderate Democrats, though European conservatives tend to support a much stronger welfare state (e.g., generally supporting universal health care and minimum income guarantees). It’s just that for various historical reasons, in the US ideological conservatives are called “liberal” and ideological fascists are called “conservative.” Fascism is popular in Europe as well, and they tend to oppose the EU.

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          The Tory leadership, at the time of the referendum, was against Brexit. Sure, there was a Tory faction in favour, and the referendum was partially aimed at placating them (in addition to some other goals, which also spectacularly backfired), but Cameron and his ilk certainly didn’t want the referendum to go the way it did.

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      I mean I would differentiate between Center-Right and Alt-Right. Many traditional conservative parties stand in large behind the EU and the European project in general