Verhofstadt warned in an Op-Ed for Euractiv,
Assertions of sovereign rights from European nations like those espoused by conservative leaders such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or Italian PM Giorgia Meloni represent "Democratic backsliding, according to Verhofstadt, and are "existential and intolerable," to the EU."Donald Trump will surely be the Republican nominee for the American Presidency next year. The prospect of Trump 2.0 should be taken seriously. We must prepare a Europe that is sovereign and capable to defend its interests."
In a Monday tweet, the EU Parliament Member accused Orbán of "blackmailing the EU," for daring to block additional aid funding to Ukraine.
Again, Hungary is blackmailing the EU …let Orbán leave the EU's community of values & bring Ukraine 🇺🇦 into 🇪🇺 as fast as possible ! https://t.co/ME0r50rL60
— Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) May 15, 2023
As reported by Breitbart News, the transfer of sovereign power from the constituent states of the EU would need to cease conducting independent elections for representation within the EU and rather would participate in "a truly single European election and not only 27 national campaigns where, too often, but national battles also prevail over the European debate."
Such a change in the power dynamic would see the national identities of each nation stripped away in favor of a more European citizenship model. And for Verhofstadt and his Renew Europe Party, that's a feature, not a bug.
The near-fanatical pro-EU seventy-year-old even went so far as to accuse Trump of supporting Russia following his measured response to the question of ending the Russo-Ukrainian war during his CNN hosted townhall last week. He wrote, "Trump doesn’t want to become leader of the free world… he wants to sell the world to the highest bidding autocrat ! Never again !"
Trump doesn’t want to become leader of the free world… he wants to sell the world to the highest bidding autocrat !
— Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) May 12, 2023
Never again !https://t.co/k8ftfq5M7H
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