The EU's economic war on Le Pen

Within the eurozone, “populists” such as Le Pen and Bardella may very well come to power — but radical change will always be beyond their reach

I’ve written for UnHerd about the way in which the EU, in cahoots with the Macronian elites, is engineering a financial panic in France in order to scare voters from voting for Le Pen — and send a message to the next government: toe the EU-NATO line, or else. This isn’t the first time the ECB has engaged in financial and monetary blackmail to coerce governments into complying with the EU’s political-economic agenda, but, as I explain in the article, it definitely one of the most brazen attempts so far.

What we are witnessing is effectively an unholy alliance between an increasingly discredited national elite and the supranational institutions of the EU against the common “populist” threat. The strategy should be clear by now: the EU creates an artificial financial panic and national elites then use that to scare voters away from the “wrong” candidate. As an MP from Macron’s party told Le Figaro: “First and foremost, we need to scare people… to show the consequences and financial risks of the [National Rally’s] proposed measures”. And if that doesn’t work, the EU has a wide array of disciplinary tools to keep governments in check.

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