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European Populism Is Rising Against An Oppressive Political Elite, by John Daniel Davidson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Polish historian named Karol Nawrocki. Image Credit. Guardian News. YouTube

By John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist, June 03, 2025

John Daniel Davidson is a senior editor at The Federalist. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Claremont Review of Books, The New York Post, and elsewhere. He is the author of Pagan America: the Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come. Follow him on Twitter, @johnddavidson.

 

Europe’s political class has turned its back on the people it was supposed to protect. The people have taken notice.

Author John Daniel Davidson profileOver the weekend, a conservative Polish historian named Karol Nawrocki, backed by the Law and Justice opposition (and President Trump), narrowly won the Polish presidential election. For the European political establishment, Nawrocki’s victory was a catastrophe — a harbinger of right-wing fascism looming over the continent.

Why? Because Nawrocki campaigned against the mass immigration policy of Brussels while promoting conservative Catholic values and Polish nationalism. During his victory speech Sunday night, Nawrocki said, “My Poland is a Poland without illegal migrants. It is a Poland where, instead of integration centers, there are deportation centers for those who want to destroy our safety.” …