European voters become increasingly pro-Putin

From WPR / Yahoo!News:

"Trump Isn’t the Only Threat to Western Support for Ukraine

Frida Ghitis, September 18, 2025

 

...The outline of something... dangerous to Ukraine’s security is becoming visible over the horizon: The very European leaders that have been Kyiv’s most stalwart advocates have seen their standing at home deteriorate. And in an alarming turn, the politicians and parties that have been rising in their place are almost all friendly to Russia and cool to the notion of supporting Ukraine’s war effort...

 

All the biggest, most powerful countries in Europe now have far-right populist parties that are polling well above the centrist parties... Last weekend, for instance, just days before Trump arrived in the U.K., the Putin-friendly British right-wing extremist Tommy Robinson led one of the biggest far-right protests there since the days of Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists back in the 1930s. That is not to say a fascist will replace Starmer, but Nigel Farage, a Putin admirer whose Reform UK is polling in first place, just might. In France, Macron’s successor may well come from Putin-friendly Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, while in Germany, the extreme-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which is also cozy with Putin, is similarly leading in the polls.

 

Europe’s support for Ukraine, however resolute right now, suffers from what could ultimately become a fatal vulnerability: It rests on centrist parties that are under immense pressure. The leaders of those parties are the ones who have prevailed on a reluctant Trump to maintain Washington’s backing for Kyiv, but their own survival is far from assured."

 

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I am growing increasingly despaired about the nature and future of mankind.