Strache organized "Vienna Conference of European Patriots"

Former FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache organized a "Vienna Conference of European Patriots" over the weekend. However, this meeting apparently has nothing to do with the far-right faction in the EU Parliament called "Patriots for Europe," to which the FPÖ belongs. The conference at the Hotel Imperial Riding School on Saturday evening focused on the topics of peace, freedom, and security, as Strache announced on Monday.

"Vienna Conference of European Patriots" with Dewinter and Baudet

According to Strache, participants included Filip Dewinter from the Belgian Vlaams Belang, the Dutch right-wing populist Thierry Baudet, and the German AfD politician Irmhild Boßdorf. The US Republican Steve King sent a video greeting. The speakers called for international cooperation.

Europe is losing its voice - and with it its future, Strache stated at the beginning according to the press release. While tectonic power shifts are taking place worldwide, German domestic politics is discussing an "undemocratic" AfD ban, which would not only shake the political landscape but also undermine the foundations of freedom of expression. "Anyone who thinks 'wrongly' in Europe today must expect the constitutional protection and a house search tomorrow," Boßdorf explained accordingly.

Boßdorf and Baudet also criticized that Western governments are further "fueling the powder keg Ukraine - through arms deliveries, war rhetoric, and moral arrogance." Instead of prudent diplomacy, there is blind obedience to a NATO agenda that is leading Europe to the brink of the abyss, the right-wing populists argued. In contrast, Israel's targeted strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, supported by US bunker busters, were praised as a "precedent of the return of realpolitik strength." Dewinter spoke of a fragile but functioning coalition against the Tehran-Hezbollah-Hamas axis. However, all participants saw the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood as the "true threat to Europe." The goal of the Muslim Brotherhood is a gradual transformation of Europe into an authoritarian Islamist social order, according to Boßdorf, Baudet, Dewinter, and Strache as per the press release.

Strache experienced losses in Vienna election

Strache ran with his "Team HC Strache" in the municipal and district council elections in Vienna in April and had to endure massive losses there. On June 11, the former Vice Chancellor took office as a district councilor in Floridsdorf.

(APA/Red)

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