Sunday Commentary: Who finances the European far right and why?

George Santayana's remark that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" lurks ominously behind the present-day Old Continent. The short-sightedness and greed of tycoons and industrialists, combined with nationalism and populism, led Europe to war twice in the last century. A negative collateral circumstance is that the White House today is not occupied by Woodrow Wilson, nor by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but by Donald Trump.

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Željko Pantelić, Photo: TV Vijesti
Željko Pantelić, Photo: TV Vijesti
Disclaimer: The translations are mostly done through AI translator and might not be 100% accurate.

The extreme and anti-European right has never been stronger in Europe since the end of World War II. The scale of their popularity growth is such that a part of society is instinctively starting to normalize them. The alarming fact is that among their most important patrons are European, but also American businessmen and so-called techno-oligarchs.

At a time when the biggest global problems were the wars over the Yugoslav inheritance, François Mitterrand, in his farewell speech to the European Parliament — considered his political testament — warned his compatriots and other Europeans: "Le nationalisme, c'est la guerre."

In the new Sunday Commentary, we answer the following questions:

  • What are the parallels between the first half of the 20th and the first half of the 21st century?
  • What is the difference between the industrialists of the past century and today's techno-oligarchs?
  • Who was financed by Henry Ford, and who is financed by Elon Musk?
  • Who in France is working to bring the extreme right to power?
  • Who is financing the demolition of the "sanitary wall" around the Alternative for Germany?
  • Who is helping Nigel Farage and the English far right enter 10 Downing Street?
  • What is the role of the Trump administration and American tycoons in strengthening anti-European forces?
  • Why do some tycoons and techno-oligarchs finance and support the extreme right and their goal of breaking up the European Union?

Answers on Sunday at 6:15 PM and 10:30 PM on Televizija Vijesti.

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