Dozens of angry European lawmakers clapped their hands on their desks after being denied a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk. Supporters of American conservative activists They gathered at US embassies in Europe and Africa. And supportive world leaders praised him as a friend and inspiration.
Kirk’s assassination Daytime at the University of Utah this week resonates well beyond the US and is highlighted by democracies around the world. Riven America.
Pouring of sadness, anger, rebellion Beyond his death He also testified about overseas influences and influences, particularly among right-wing groups, as diverse as white Africans in South Africa, anti-immigrant parties in Europe, libertarians in South America, and hyper-ecological Israelis in the Middle East. These moves also gave the opportunity to air their complaints against their own political enemies.
“Charlie Kirk’s death is the result of an international hatred campaign unfolded by the progressive liberal left,” wrote Victor Orban, who wrote about X, Hungarian populist prime minister who, like Kirk, coincided with President Donald Trump and the American leader’s Maga movement.
The response to Kirk’s death between the right groups reflects the proliferation and rise of conservative and nationalist movements around the world. And Kirk was a conservative and solid supporter of gun rights Christianity and a critic of the political and cultural elite – a symbol of the way political conversations became increasingly transnational.
Not only sadness but anger
Authorities say Kirk was killed in a single shot while he was questioning Outdoor Events at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
Many people around the world were disappointed by such horrifying violence during public debate, regardless of political stripes, and politicians across the spectrum condemned the killing.
British left-leaning Labour Prime Minister Kiel said “has made the young family robbed their father and husband a heartbreaking,” adding “We must all be able to debate horribly openly and freely – there is no justification for political violence.”
Although Kirk was not a common name outside of the US, he had a passionate follow-up between his overseas supporters and the presence of big social media. He spoke in the UK, Japan and Korea this year. Turning Point USA There are international derivatives.
His murder led many politicians and commentators on the right to target the political enemy, calling the members on the left the “enemy” and vowing to “resistance” against the enemy.
“The left is always and everywhere, a violent phenomenon filled with hate,” writes President Javier Millée, Argentine, X, with a photo of Trump and Kirk. Mairay repeatedly leveled socialists, feminists and transgender people, praised Trump’s Maga movement to combat what he calls “awakening ideology.”
In Berlin, around 150 people honoured Kirk’s reputation outside the US embassy on Thursday, police said, in which around 150 people came into the country with protesters.
In the Parliament of the European Union, there are dozens of ranks and lawmakers of the Files. I slapped their hands angrily After the Vice President of Parliament rejected efforts by Charlie Weimers, a member of the European Conservative Party and reform group Sweden, he led a moment of silence in his room at their desk on Thursday, honouring Kirk.
It is considered inspiration and ally
Some of the young political stars who may be considered the international counterpart of Kirk, 31, spoke of the inspiration they gained from his legacy.
Nicholas Ferreira, who won the most votes among federal lawmakers in Brazil’s final election, posted on social media that Kirk’s death “cries injustice and awakens the mind.”
“They want to silence us, but what they accomplished was to awaken us. From every tear, courage comes from; from every injustice, resistance is fake,” said the 29-year-old former YouTuber.
In South Africa, assassination resonated with white conservative groups claiming that black-led governments in South Africa were pursuing Anti-White Agenda. The government strongly rejected these allegations, denounced “misinformation” from conservatives in South Africa and America that aimed to undermine the majority of black countries.
Kirk expressed support for Trump’s program, which provided US refugee status to members of the white African minority in South Africa, saying earlier this year the US needs to come with more white Christian South Africans.
Afriforum Group, Afrikaner Lobby Group, went on a small vigil for Kirk outside the US embassy in Pretoria. The youth wing said his murder was a “wake-up call showing global intolerance to conservative thinking.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who leads the most religious and nationalist government in Israel’s history, called Kirk “a defender of our common Jewish-Christian civilization.”
“Charlie was more than an Israeli friend. He was a great champion of our shared roots and values,” said Netanyahu, a polarizing leader who has determined Israel has barely been interrupted for the past 16 years, in a post on X.
The other numbers on the right provided more gloomy words.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of the European leaders considered to be Trump’s most friendly, said he was “shocked” about Kirk’s murder.
“The vicious murder, the deep wounds of those who believe in democracy and freedom,” she wrote in X. ___
Gerald Imrei is an Associated Press author in Cape Town, South Africa. Brian Merley of London. David Biller of Rome. Isabel Debre from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gabriella Sa Pesoa of Sao Paulo contributed to this report.
