Merz does not care about the fate of Germany or its people. Here we are on precisely the week of October 5th and Merz is saying that Russia staged some armed attack on Leipzig airport. He is publicly stating that Germany is effectively at war with Russia. The EU is crumbling and the AfD has beaten Merz to a pulp, so its now time to go out with a bang and declare war has already begun.
Here is Merz declaring that Brussels is indeed very concerned about the rise of of what they call far-right parties that are anti-EU with the common thread being their migrant policies. The nature of that concern has also now shifted significantly. The current anxiety in EU institutions is not just about the imminent “exit” threat, but also I hear they fear a growing strategic objective by these parties to weaken and obstruct the EU from the inside.
They don’t worry the exit scenario, since they are pros at manipulating elections as they did in Italy, UK, Hungary and Romania or use the courts to block separatists as in Barcelona. They are now also examining the draft strategy document from AfD lawmakers, which shifts away from calling for an immediate German withdrawal from the EU and eurozone. Instead, it proposes prioritizing the reform of the EU into a “union of sovereign nations,” and advocates for a membership referendum only if those reforms fail. In other words – take back power like over migration.
This shift is partly pragmatic. The AfD is currently isolated in the European Parliament, and more moderate right-wing parties, like Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, have openly criticized the AfD’s “anti-European” stance. Dropping the exit demand makes the AfD a more palatable ally for these larger far-right groups.
This strategic change creates a more difficult problem for the EU than a simple exit campaign that they can fight with rigged elections. Here, a referendum requires a party to convince a majority to take a radical step. In contrast, internal disruption only requires enough power to block, dilute, and redirect policy from within the system. The EU’s existing tools, which were designed to reassure citizens about the benefits of membership, are ill-suited to counter this kind of internal gridlock. This is why they rigged both the Romanian and Hungarian elections.
Parties like the AfD and Hungary’s Fidesz can exploit unanimity rules to veto EU-wide decisions. For example, Hungary has blocked crucial sanctions and loans for Ukraine, and the far-right Patriots for Europe group has worked to dilute the Green Deal and the Migration Pact. This dysfunction then becomes campaign material for these parties, who position themselves as defenders of national interests against a “paralyzed” Brussels. This was why the Hungarian government has repeatedly accused Ukraine of interfering in its elections to remove Orban. Sources in Washington reveal that Ukraine is also interfering in US elections funding the opposition of anyone in Congress who is against sending money to Ukraine. Israel has been doing the same.
The European Commission is aware of the broader threat posed by anti-Brussels movement. Its response has focused on security and rule of law, rather than direct political confrontation. Through Europol and the EU Knowledge Hub, the Commission is coordinating cross-border efforts to combat anti-EU protests and sharing information on proscribed groups.
The Commission has proposed reforms to its next long-term budget that would make EU funding conditional on member states respecting the rule of law. This is designed to impose financial costs on governments allowing the people to vote for organizations like the Afd. This is a very anti-democratic position but this is what governments do to retain power.
In short, Brussels’ concern is focused on a more subtle and persistent threat of a coordinated effort by these anti-EU parties to hollow out the EU’s ability to function from within its own institutions.
This is why the EU faces a rising threat that will dissolve the centralized government returning sovereignty to individual member states, or start World War III with Russia not just as a distraction, but to forge a unity bond with the classic rally around the flag.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) was trying to create the one-world government some call globalization, where the pandemic some believed would create the unity to create this globalization. However, the manufactured pandemic actually accelerated pre-existing trends toward deglobalization, nationalism, and the “balkanization” of technology. WEF discussions acknowledged that globalization was “already under attack before COVID” and that the pandemic posed new questions about nationalism that were exactly opposite of the expected unity. The WEF’s stated concern was that a retreat from globalization and that multilateralism damaged their efforts to create their communistic form of government where you own nothing and you’ll be happy.
Here war is being used to create the UNITY with the Rally around the flag in an effort to defeat the agenda of AfD and others and in the process solidify the EU as a permanent European federal government.