The oath of Europe is unlike Trump’s tariff

The fair war launched by the trade war, Donald Trump, divided the right -wing parties in Europe, whose movement was shattered.

Alice Widel, one of the leaders of the alternative to Germany (AFD), described the US President’s moves as “very aggressive and self -defeated.” The former Goldman Sachs analyst said that the so-called mutual definitions-which Trump has stopped for 90 days after the stock market and fears of the global recession-were “very bad for free trade.”

But the co -chair of Weidel Tino Chrupalla, a former painter and decoration from the East German state of Saxony, described Trump’s approach as a “concept”.

“Sometimes you have to restrict free trade to protect your economy,” said Krebala. “President Trump wants to compel other countries to negotiate. He wants to improve the balance of American trade and motivate the industry.”

Analysts said that the difference occurred to an essential tension in the heart of AFD, which can also be observed in other popular movements in Europe: How to explain to the voters an American protectionist policy that will harm their country.

Prime Minister Italy, Georgia Meloni – one of the few European leaders in Trump’s good books – described his definitions as a “wrong choice” and expressed their hope for recycling in negotiations with the European Union. Visit the White House this month, show Meloni Hosting a meeting In Rome between Trump and European Union officials, the US President has so far avoided.

Matteo Salvini, the coalition partner in Meloni and the leader of the right -wing league party, defended last month the Trump tariff and said they could turn into an opportunity for Italian companies. Since then, he ran his position after a violent reaction to the Meloni party in the Italian party.

Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Urban, Trump’s ally for a long time and Brussels’s opponent, described the American president’s definition war as “tactical” and a way to extract more privileges from the European Union.

André Ventura, who leads the Extract Party in Portugal, has stood with Trump, saying that his country should mimic the United States and use the customs tariff to “protect itself” from fabric imports and agriculture cheaper than China and India.

But in France, the extreme right -wing patriotism was keen not to appear with the Trump administration’s trade war despite the presence of a protective economic platform. Marine Le Pen said France needed to practice “smart protection” and support commercial policy from Brussels to face “Trump’s brutal approach.”

The tension between the different factions of the far right of German may be amplified by Trump, but it precedes his presidency. AFD was founded in 2013 by economists who opposed the rescue operations in the eurozone, and AFD gradually expanded in its ranks to include anti -bone who also tend to embrace ethnic patriotism.

“This is not exclusive to AFD, but it is very clear in the party’s platforms and attitudes: you have a new wing and a more social fever,” said Thomas Jeffen, a political scientist at the University of Freen in Berlin.

He said that all factions strongly believe in national sovereignty and embraced tyranny. This means that “in the end … any country (like the United States) must accept in seeking to achieve its national interests – especially as they consider Trump an ally in the soul.”

The party scored second in the parliamentary elections in February, after large numbers in the Trump circle-including Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance- a public campaign for it.

Peter Puengerger, AFD Vice President and former Business Adviser to support free trade, sought to eliminate the internal divisions of Trump’s trade war.

He pointed out that the Maga movement itself was not united on this issue: While Trump’s commercial advisor Peter Navaro is strongly calling for customs tariffs, musk-the richest man in the world and the leadership of Trump-supporting free trade, has described Navarro as “stupidity of a brick bag.”

“I am tending to the point of view of Elon Musk,” said Boerenger. He said, “Free trade is good for everyone.” But he insisted that the topic in AFD was not “a big problem and not a very sensitive problem.”

The success of AFD, which has risen more in opinion polls since February’s vote, led to the depth of the prevailing parties, who fought to formulate an effective strategy to oppose this.

A prominent member of the Christian Democrats (CDU), who is scheduled to become his leader Friedrich Mirz, the next German advisor next month, said that legislators at AFD should join the parliamentary committees.

Jens Spahn from CDU argued that politicians need to recognize millions of people who voted for the party and took them seriously. But the other parties accused him of violating the “Wall of Protection”, which aims to prevent the normalization of AFD – a strategy that Vans also stolen a few days before the German elections.

AFD delegation traveled to Trump’s inauguration in Washington in January. Christina Pom, one of the many parties who argue that Europe has only been resolved in the repercussions of Trump’s move.

“The fact that the European Union and Germany suffer from this homemade problem,” Boom told FT. She said that the largest country in Europe “should have long chose a healthy degree of self -sufficiency.”

Maximilian Krah, one of the most controversial deputies in the party, was stronger in his support for Trump’s definitions, describing them as “the biggest change in world trade policy since the end of the war (the second world).”

Manis Wesschcher of the University of Dresden Technology, an expert in the far right, said that AFD could risk the retreat of the voters if Trump’s policies are damaged to Germany and remained not embarrassed to a large extent. But he warned that the party can also convert the blaming on the government.

“The extreme right -wing parties such as AFD are thrived on strong dissatisfaction by parts of society,” said Weeschirch. “If the German economy is struggling, AFD may gain support by taking advantage of the public panic.”

Participated in additional reports by Amy Kazmen in Rome and Lila Abboud in Paris, Marton Dana in Budapest and Barne Jobson in Madrid