René Repasi, German MEP: ‘We suddenly realized that we are incapable of defending ourselves’
The head of the Social Democratic delegation in Brussels and negotiator of the coalition agreement with the Christian Democrats reflects on the shock that Europe has experienced from realizing it cannot trust the US
Europe is at a crucial moment in its history, at a crossroads that goes beyond the transatlantic relationship. The underlying challenge is the “revolution” of the far right, which seeks to shatter the established order to create another based on the survival of the fittest. “We are the last torch before the approaching darkness,” says René Repasi, 45, head of the German Social Democratic delegation in the European Parliament. On a quick visit to Barcelona to participate in a meeting on the authoritarian threat in Europe organized last week by the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC), he spoke to EL PAÍS during the time left by negotiations to form the next coalition government in Germany.
