The joint statement reminds us that in July 2021, several political parties of the European Parliament (EP) signed the joint resolution in which they expressed their concern about the future of the European Union (EU) and believed in protecting the sovereignty and freedom of the EU member states. and traditions. The signatories then also agreed that the declaration would be considered "a basis for joint cultural and political work, which respects the role of the current political groups", recalls the current statement.
The Madrid statement also reminds that at the first Warsaw summit of conservative and patriotic political forces in December 2021, the participants discussed the need for closer cooperation in the EP and the organization of joint meetings, as well as the fact that they will vote unanimously to protect the sovereignty of the EU member states on common issues.
The participants of the Madrid summit held on Friday and Saturday confirmed their concern about the internal and external attacks on the European Union.
According to the statement, the threat to turn the European Union into an ideologically overheated, federalist super-state above the member states is growing stronger: an enterprise that has no regard for national identity and sovereignty, and consequently for democracy, diversity and the European Union. to the interests of the citizens of the constituent nations. According to the signatories, this threat threatens the European Union itself, as it moves away from the Christian European ideals on which the Union was originally founded.
According to the Madrid statement
some bureaucrats and parties mistakenly believe that without democratic legitimacy they can support issues and topics that go against the wants and needs of Europeans, and even the survival of Western civilization itself.
According to the declaration, the participating signatories are committed to defending Europe against external and internal threats. political currents alien to European history, "demographic suicide"
The signatories emphasized the need to restore the culture of mutual respect between the member states and the EU institutions, in which the constitutional identity of the member states is not criticized, but protected and preserved.
The signatories of the declaration specifically condemned what they believe to be politically motivated attacks by Brussels against Poland and Hungary. These attacks prove a complete disregard for the basic EU principles and violate the spirit of the Treaties.
In the second half of the declaration, the signatories agreed on specific steps: they will support the observance and enforcement of the principle of EU preference for products made in the member states; they condemned Brussels' immigration policy and the inefficient operation of FRONTEX; they want to increase European energy capacity and energy self-sufficiency; they demanded a stricter and more disciplined observance of the Treaties and rejected the irregular expansion of the powers of the EU institutions; they want to protect the primacy of the national constitutions of the member states over European law, as well as the primacy of national laws over EU regulations in all areas that do not fall under the exclusive competence of the European Union.
the external threats lurking in the European Union , be it the Russian military activity threatening Europe's eastern border - which, according to the statement, is bringing it to the brink of war - or the immigrants, migrants and asylum seekers coming from third countries.
Finally, the signatories of the declaration decided to set up a coordination office, which will enable stronger cooperation between the political parties and organizations participating in the Madrid summit in order to be able to vote unitedly and unitedly on the above issues in the European Parliament.
Cover photo: snapshot of the conservative summit in Madrid (source: Twitter/Santiago Abascal)
Source: hirado.hu /
