According to a report by Russia's RT on October 9, former Czech Prime Minister and leader of the right-wing party ANO, Babiš, clearly stated after winning the parliamentary election that the Czech Republic will stop using state budget funds to provide any military aid to Ukraine.

His original words were: "We will not allocate even one Czech koruna from the budget for weapons for Ukraine."

This statement marks an important turning point: the Czech Republic has shifted from being one of the earliest and most active countries in supporting Ukraine in Europe to a camp that gives no money to Ukraine at all.

In this camp, Slovakia and Hungary are already present.

It is clearly evident that a trend is emerging where right-wing forces are opposing aid policies to Ukraine, with various reasons, but the core is the same: the people of their own country should not be made to pay for someone else's war.

Why is this trend happening? The reason is simple. They prioritize their own country, focus on financial security and the pressure of daily life, do not agree with the idea that "aiding Ukraine is defending democracy," and instead consider it a moral performance by the elite.

Overall, they may not necessarily be pro-Russian, but they do not want to waste their limited resources on someone else's war.

Babiš

This shift is no longer isolated; it is becoming a general trend in the political landscape of Europe.

Slovakia sent Fico back to the prime minister's office in the 2023 elections, and his first act upon taking office was to terminate military aid to Ukraine; Hungary's Orbán has long been a thorn in the side of the aid mechanism; now the Czech Republic is also moving sharply to the right under Babiš's leadership.

Next, French far-right leader Le Pen is likely to approach the core of power in the next election; she has long questioned the endless support for Ukraine; Germany's AfD joint leader Weidel has gained more and more support among voters, and her main card is opposing aid to Ukraine.

These parties were once seen as marginal voices by the mainstream, but now they are gradually moving to the center of the political stage, rewriting the logic of foreign policy within the West.

The reason is that the patience of Westerners has been exhausted - the war has lasted more than three years, and there is no sign of an end, yet Western citizens have repeatedly suffered due to it.

Europe is currently experiencing inflation, energy crisis, debt pressure, and refugee waves. Many people are beginning to ask: Why should we pay for a war that we don't control?

Thus, whoever dares to stand up and call for an end will gain support. Under the influence of this sentiment, the right wing is no longer considered dissenters, but rather seen as people who speak the truth, those who truly care about the interests of their own people.

Ukrainian and NATO flags

This wave originated not in Europe, but in the United States, essentially set in motion by Trump.

Since he proposed "America First," he completely overturned the traditional role of the United States as a global policeman after World War II.

Because he won the U.S. election twice and ran for president three times in a row, Trump has remained hot for the past 10 years, allowing the new right to take root firmly in the United States.

Thus, European right-wing parties have discovered that Trump's approach is indeed effective.

Trump does not simply deny aid to Ukraine, but redefines what is considered national interest.

This hard realism quickly became a model for European right-wing parties to emulate, and each country has thus developed its own Trump, whose style is highly consistent: direct, brutal, and unpretentious.

To them, Trump is the originator of the entire new right-wing ideology. He did not start an election trend, but a revolution in political expression.

Trump

Therefore, the fundamental issue is not Ukraine, but the narrative logic of the new right itself.

This movement is not traditional conservatism, but a brand-new transnational anti-establishment ideological alliance.

Its characteristics are very distinct:

Emphasizing the priority of national sovereignty, opposing the allocation of resources to transnational mechanisms and distant conflicts; against globalist elites, doubting the narrative power of mainstream media, universities, and governments; advocating cultural conservatism, defending traditional identity, and opposing the politicization of gender and ethnic issues; preferring strongman politics, rejecting compromise and consensus, favoring leaders who are outspoken and confrontational with the system; diplomatically, they are more realists than idealistic missionaries, not engaging in so-called "democracy and freedom".

This system is essentially a reversal: returning from the progressiveness and liberalism previously promoted by the West to unilateralism and nationalism.

Why are Western voters increasingly buying into this? Because they are tired of the values preached by the establishment for decades.

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