Europe's Changing Sky and the Extreme Rightist Ideology is coming
The storm has changed dramatically, and Europe has changed! Recently, news about the European Parliament elections has been on the hot search because of the decisive victory of Europe's far-right parties. As the four permanent institutions of the European Union, the European Parliament actually has limited powers, but its biggest feature is that these elected parliamentarians are elected by EU voters one vote by one vote, representing the basic public opinion of the European Union. In this way, the problem is big.
The left and right camps have very different views on many issues, such as the gap between rich and poor, and the left's favorite explanations include colonialism, racism, capitalist exploitation, and the lack of aid from rich countries. Right-wing perspectives focus on government inaction, corruption, lack of a free market, dependence on foreign aid, and even subtle racial inferiority. In addition, there are less political explanations, including geography, climate, and the war-torn tragedies that are particularly typical in Africa.
The Future of Capitalism explains that while the new ideologies of the left and the right are diametrically opposed, they both emphasize the individual and promote meritocracy: the morally superior elite promoted by the left competes with the economically superior elite promoted by the right. Superstars in the eyes of the left are very virtuous, and superstars in the eyes of the right are extremely wealthy people.
Those on the right say that if people are free to make choices and the market is competitive, then the inequality caused by such free human beings and competitive markets is entirely ethical. As Miller said, the market rewards noble behaviors on an ethical level, such as work, responsibility, thrift, innovation, and risk-taking. You can show compassion and pity for the less fortunate, but we don't have a better way to allocate resources. If one thinks that the market is the best way to organize economic activity, then one must also accept its results. Leftists believe that the market is a social construction based on social technology that was created without achieving its own ends. If the market is a socially constructed system, then we must be held accountable for its outcome. In such a system, virtue alone does not determine the outcome. The quality of a person's birth plays a big role, especially the intelligence that can be inherited, the race, the wealth that is inherited, and the geographical location of birth. Given these factors, it doesn't make sense to think about whether market outcomes are as ethical as they are assumed, as Miller put it.
EU governments are in for the toughest time in office
A few days ago, the G7 held a meeting in Italy, and a picture went viral on major platforms, and netizens called it the "League of Losers" - German Chancellor Scholz, whose traffic light coalition suffered a crushing defeat in the European Parliament elections, and the legitimacy of his governance was questioned; As president, Macron's Baath Party is the ruling party, but in the European Parliament election, the Baath Party only won 14.6% of the seats, while the far-right National Alliance won 31% of the seats, more than twice as many as him, and he dissolved the French parliament because of this; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party is facing its lowest approval rating in 50 years; British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party is almost doomed to lose to Labour; Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet has only 26% of the vote. The most troublesome is still US President Joe Biden, his son Hunter. After Biden was found guilty by a Delaware court jury, it dealt a fatal blow to the elder Biden.
The European Parliament and EU governments began to love and kill each other
In this election of the European Parliament, European governments collapsed, causing some people to exclaim that Europe is out of control and will usher in a real storm! The reason for this is that European governments have suffered a fiasco, meaning that they are about to lose control of the EU to a considerable extent. At the same time, the direction of their future decision-making will be greatly constrained by public opinion. Taking France as an example, in the European Parliament, quite a number of French representatives are opposition parties, and they are likely to sing the right game about Macron's opinions, so that Macron can not do anything in the EU and becomes an ornament. This is not only the case in France, but also in Germany, Spain, Greece, Belgium and other countries. This means that Europe has begun to be deeply torn apart, and European governments will not be able to control the EU. So, the funniest thing happened, and from now on, it is very likely that European governments will not be able to stare at the EU in the future.
What is the difference between white left and white right
It has been said that Europe is the birthplace of the White Left, while the United States is the birthplace of the White Right. The colors of the two parties in the United States, the Democrats are dark blue and the Republicans are red. The Republican Party is a typical rightist, so why are they called red? It has to do with the history of the United States. In the early years, most of the Puritans who immigrated to the United States from England were Scottish farmers, and as a result, their necks were tanned, so red-neck was used as a metaphor for Scottish farmers who worked in the fields. The Republican Party is the representative of traditional forces in the United States, such as Trump, which belongs to the typical white right.
What do the white leftists support? support for openness and globalization; support for migrants, support for Ukraine; support for LGBT; support animal protection and environmental protection; support for extreme equality and demand the empowerment of the disadvantaged; Ask the government to intervene in the economy and subsidize the bottom more. The most typical representative of the white left is the German Green Party, which regards supporting immigrants and environmental protection as its ultimate cause, and has become the ruling party in Germany, in coalition with Scholz's Social Democratic Party.
On the contrary, the right wing is a total opposition to the white left. The white right demands extreme freedom, believes in the survival of the fittest, opposes excessive government intervention in the economy, and opposes subsidies to the disadvantaged. For example, the Millet in Argentina wants to abolish all benefits, liberalize everything, and even buy and sell organs freely. At the same time, the right wing is also anti-immigration, anti-LGBT, and anti-environmental protection. The most powerful thing is that the white right opposes globalization and advocates trade protection for the country, and simply put, the white right emphasizes that the interests of the country are above everything else, and emphasizes that its own ethnic group is higher than other ethnic groups. The biggest feature of this European Parliament election is that it is not only the white right that wins, but also the extreme right, which is the ceiling of the right. For example, Le Pen, the far-right representative of France's victory this time, had openly supported the Holocaust during World War II, believing that human society should be the law of the jungle. It is rumored that Sister Lebo herself is very sympathetic to Putin.
Why the right
The main thing is that in the past two years, the Russian-Ukrainian war has made Europeans miserable. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Federal Reserve began to raise interest rates, coupled with the United States blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, the energy crisis in Europe, a large number of enterprises and capital flight, Europe's economy was in shambles, prices soared, and ordinary consumers complained bitterly. But in the face of the pressure of life, European politicians (such as EU President Ursula von der Leyen) do not care about Europe's life or death, highlight the so-called common values, and tighten their belts to aid Ukraine. In Germany, for example, Scholz Ukraine's heart all day long, preferring to buy high-priced American energy than cheap Russian energy. That's why the AfD won today (its core figure chanted during the election: All for Germany!). This is simply a reproduction of Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again").
What will be the impact of the EU's foreign trade policy?
Due to the huge public opinion of right-leaning ideas, this will inevitably affect the policy orientation of EU countries. A series of changes are expected to take place in Europe in the next six months.
First, the Russia-Ukraine war is likely to end soon. The current ruling party's next round of general election layout is estimated to be only a matter of time, and the new government will directly lead to the fire of Russia and Ukraine, and the European market will gradually recover, thereby bringing about a recovery in demand and an increase in consumption. In this regard, foreign trade enterprises must be prepared.
Second, as countries begin to focus on their own economic developments, it is expected that the international trade environment will change positively over time, perhaps more easily than in previous years, for example. In this regard, foreign trade enterprises must respond.
Third, it will only be a matter of time before the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ends, and accordingly, tensions on the Red Sea route will ease, and freight rates will fall off a cliff. In this regard, foreign trade enterprises must be on guard.
Fourth, represented by oil, the international price of bulk raw materials will enter a transition period of stability and decline, and then frequent adjustments will occur with the rapid recovery of international trade. In this regard, foreign trade enterprises must be observed.
Fifth, in the long run, once the ultra-rightist forces gain the upper hand, the trend of anti-globalization will make a comeback, trade protection will gradually intensify, and there is a possibility that antidumping cases will rise. For example, Trump's style of administration, which we are very familiar with, is based on the principle of self-interest, protects local companies, rejects foreign goods, imposes high tariffs on foreign things, and so on, is likely to strike again. In this regard, foreign trade enterprises must have some planning.
In short, the 23 countries of the European Union, with a population of nearly 500 million, and the middle class accounts for the mainstream, strong consumption strength, and huge purchasing power, is one of the largest markets for China's foreign trade, and one of the most important markets.