Europe's far right makes show of force in Spain rally

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00:00A star-studded cast of Europe's far-right took centre stage in Madrid,

00:04all rallied behind an original slogan.

00:07Do you want to make Europe great again?

00:10The summit reunited right-wing European leaders,

00:13emboldened by Donald Trump's chaotic first weeks in office.

00:18Trump's tornado has changed the world in only two weeks.

00:21Yesterday we were the heretics, today everyone sees we are the future.

00:26The newly elected leader of the European Patriots Party, Santiago Abascal,

00:31hosted the summit in a show of force.

00:33The party outlined their strategy to defend national sovereignty,

00:36the defence of liberty and European identity.

00:40They also pledged to reject mass immigration.

00:42The European Patriots currently hold 86 of the European Parliament's 720 seats.

00:50Every election that comes to Europe must fall one after the other,

00:53like dominoes, as if the political game were lining up in a relentless movement.

00:59Despite many promising not to be vassals of the newly elected American president,

01:03the summit was held in Donald Trump's shadow.

01:09It's time to question realities like the International Criminal Court

01:13that equate the Islamic terrorists of Hamas

01:16with a democratically elected premier like Bibi Netanyahu.

01:19The figureheads of the Patriots swore to have found a brother in arms,

01:26ignoring Trump's threats of widespread tariffs and the possible annexation of Greenland,

01:31which risks to become embarrassing in the future for Europe's nationalist parties.

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