• rhabarba@feddit.deEnglish
    210·
    10 months ago

    I love how this is (mis)used to dismiss EU critics as “far-right”, although communists were always against the EU as well.

    • trashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      10 months ago

      1. The statement is from a member of the far right AfD party.

      2. “Communist” parties are mostly just right wing parties with a different aesthetic.

      • rhabarba@feddit.deEnglish
        35·
        10 months ago
        1. Yes, it is, but it has become common practice in Germany to automatically portray things that the AfD also wants as “far-right demands”. That is, of course, utter nonsense.
        2. No, they are not.
        • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
          3·
          10 months ago

          Because far right ideologies are nationalistic in nature, which inherently goes against the principle concept of the EU.

          • rhabarba@feddit.deEnglish
            15·
            10 months ago

            The EU aims to be a supranational(ist) union. I am not entirely sure how nationalism goes against the concept of having one big European nation.