Lula, who will take part in this week’s G7 summit in Italy after he was invited by Giorgia Meloni, added that those who believe in democracy must fight to preserve it everywhere in the world
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a joint statement with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, May 3.Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that democracy was at risk, commenting on the far-right gains in the European Parliament after last weekend’s elections.
“The denialist denies institutions, denies what Parliament is, what the Supreme Court is, what the Judiciary is, what Congress itself is,” the leftist leader said. In France, the far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen won more than 31% of the vote, trouncing President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party - which scored just 14.6% - and prompting his surprise move to call a national parliamentary election.
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