Before the European elections the political right edge with the theme of “family tries” the center for leadership. We need to stand up to you, writes our columnist Krsto Lazarevic.
It sounds so friendly and harmless: the world Congress of families. Who would come in the name of the idea that it is one of the most important network meeting of homophobes, opponents of Abortion and anti-feminists in the world.
They met in a magnificent Palace in the centre of Verona, to demonstrate against the civilizational achievements of the past decades. Available the hall of the city of Verona, appointed in October to the “city of life” was provided to the organizers. Well, that sounds friendly, but it means, specifically, that makes you women who have opted for a termination of pregnancy, the life a living hell.
Family! What Is The Family?
What is being said at this Congress, often do surprisingly little with the protection of the family. The Evolution is repeated in question, a participant stated that it is wrong, racial segregation in schools in the United States to repeal the Evangelical Ukrainian member of Parliament Pavlo Ungurjan wants a “European Bible Belt of Italy, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, to Ukraine”. Again and again they emphasize that the family is the Foundation of society. That’s true. The family is the basis of fascism. Depending on which family picture.
An important network meeting of Homophobes, opponents of Abortion and anti-feminists
Anyone who thinks that it is good to be made an authoritarian father, uncritical obedience, the also believes, rather, it is properly to have a leader who decides in the democratic processes for the people. In the family picture of a man of his political Beliefs and his vulnerability to totalitarian ideologies.
A discourse of hypocrisy
Based on the eponymous Song of the band, the Motto of the Congress “Wind of Change was” and that’s exactly what the organizers want: A gust of wind over blows, the liberal Western democracies.
The participants did not think much of the policy in countries such as Sweden, Norway, or South Korea, which cut off relatively well, if in the indices is collected, how far States are currently in the equality of women and men. No, as a model for States such as Hungary and Brazil are mentioned, the rights to which governments have to operate in a backward-looking family policy, and in which ethnic and sexual minorities, nothing Good from the state. Also, the Hungarian and the Brazilian family Ministers of the interior at the Meeting.
Among the guests Radoš Pejović from the right-wing Serbian party, Dveri, which glorified the convicted perpetrators of genocide, Ratko Mladić, and the murder of 8,000 Muslims as “liberation Srebrenicas.” It is already a great degree of hypocrisy, when such people claim that “unborn life”.
Liberal Europe attack
It is no coincidence that this network will meet shortly before the European elections, in a founding state of the EU has taken place. The organizers want to show that not only small EU-countries like Hungary are vulnerable to right-authoritarian developments, where the Congress took place in 2017, using Viktor Orbán and his party Fidesz took place, but the whole of Europe.
Protest against world family Congress in Verona
You want to attack liberal Europe shortly before the elections, not from the edge, but directly in the middle. Supported by a government party to the fourth largest EU country. Also Matteo Salvini of the Lega was at the Meeting. The Lega ruled the Veneto Region has co-financed the Meeting. Networking at the right edge, the open incitement against Gays and lesbians, and the attack on the fundamental rights of women. All of this is co-financed by the Italian tax payers.
Krsto Lazarevic was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina and fled as a child with his family to Germany. Today he lives in Berlin, works as a Journalist and publicist and writes for several German-language media.