{"id":3433,"date":"2023-03-07T10:22:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T15:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2023-03-07T10:22:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T15:22:51","slug":"european-parliament-member-warns-covid-19-pushed-western-democracy-to-the-brink-of-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/european-parliament-member-warns-covid-19-pushed-western-democracy-to-the-brink-of-collapse\/njackson\/2023\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament Member Warns COVID-19 Pushed Western Democracy to the Brink of Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Christine Anderson, a member of the European Parliament and a member of Germany\u2019s conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party says that freedom, Democracy, and the rule of law are on the brink of collapse in Western nations and the Covid-19 pandemic is partially to blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are now violating what we thought was the foundation our societies were built on,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson recently completed a tour in Canada visiting the Freedom Convoy and decided to take the opportunity to attend this year\u2019s Conservative Political Action Conference<\/a> (CPAC<\/a>) which is known to host thousands of conservative supporters, activists, and lawmakers to draw attention to the threats currently facing Western democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Freedom Convoy is a series of ongoing protests and blockades in Canada against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. The convoy was originally created to protest vaccine mandates for crossing the United States border but later evolved into a protest about oppressive Covid-19 restrictions in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Freedom Convoy 2022, Ottawa, Canada (February 12, 2022) via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The German politician noted that her concerns are focused on Western democracy, admitting she doesn\u2019t expect governments in China, North Korea, or even Russia to value ideals like freedom and rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hold the Western democracies to a higher standard, but we are now violating what we thought was the foundation our societies were built on and a really scary thing is that all these Western democracies seem to be in lock-step right now with whatever agenda they are trying to implement and push,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right-leaning EU parliament member says it’s time for the people to hold countries accountable for their actions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is Democracy all about?\u201d Anderson questioned. \u201cDemocracy is all about the people telling the government what to do, not the other way around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans were forced to shutter businesses, close schools, and blindly agree to take newly released vaccinations. And if anyone dared speak against the latest narrative regarding vaccines or the virus? They could expect to be ridiculed, questioned, and ostracized by friends, family, co-workers, and even leaders in government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe whole narrative about ostracizing people was frustrating\u2026the whole narrative of \u2018my choice my body\u2019 was gone. People were ridiculed and scapegoated,\u201d the German politician reflected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, President Joe Biden<\/a> insulted Americans who had yet to receive \u201cthe jab\u201d conveniently forgetting the fact he had cast doubt on the vaccines while Donald Trump<\/a> was in the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re not vaccinated, you\u2019re not nearly as smart as I thought you were,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Biden insults unvaccinated Americans: "You're not nearly as smart as I thought you were" pic.twitter.com\/KsMCPY90yp<\/a><\/p>— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>