It's not freedom of speech, it's the right to hate

There is so much worry about Russian influence in the Catalan independence process or in the elections of the main European countries, and now it turns out that the biggest interference is the US. Vice President Vance's speech in Munich last Friday was the official declaration that the new European referents of the White House are the governments and parties of the extreme right. On Sunday there are elections in Germany and Elon Musk, President Trump's right-hand man, already campaigned in January for Alternative for Germany encouraging Germans to vote for the extreme right with the argument that "we must leave behind the guilt of the past", as if the rows of graves on the cliffs of Normandy were not those of young dead American soldiers.

The great fallacy of the new American government is to present itself as the defender of freedom of expression without limitations, not like Europe, which would be endangering thefree speechwhen it tries to hold social networks responsible for the content that is posted. In reality, when the new American doctrine speaks of freedom of expression, it is talking about the right to hate and lie on a large scale, which we already know is very easy technologically and electorally profitable, but which leads to disaster for any society. This is the lesson that we Europeans cannot forget.

There are certainly pieces on the international chessboard that are moved by interests that are beyond our control, but the announcement of the Trump-Putin talks has sounded the bell for a new and serious time for Europe. This afternoon at 4 pm there is a meeting in Paris to give a response to Trump's position in relation to the war in Ukraine. The time for budgets with more guns than butter is coming.