European Green Party Co-Chair Ciarán Cuffe stated,
'We express our deepest sympathy and all of our solidarity to the families of those killed in state-sponsored violence in Minneapolis. The killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti underscore how the US, led by Trump, is further descending into an autocracy, and allowing ICE agents to operate with impunity.
We stand with the peaceful demonstrators, civil society, and democratically elected local leaders who are defending fundamental rights under growing pressure. The images from Minneapolis are appalling and the use of violence by the Trump Administration against people living in the US shows that the protection of Constitutional rights and liberties in the US has worryingly eroded under his presidency. What we are witnessing in the United States are no longer isolated cases, but rather the result of systemic design to install a regime of terror and violence in the country.’
European Green Party Co-Chair Vula Tsetsi said:
‘When governments use force to suppress their own citizens, undermine local democratic authority, and ignore accountability, they cross a dangerous line. This is how autocracy emerges and democracy erodes. What we see in the US is a warning to Europe: far-right politicians are adopting similar nationalist rhetoric, claiming to defend their citizens while undermining democratic norms. Whether allied with Trump or pursuing their own authoritarian agendas, leaders like Meloni, Orbán, or Fico demonstrate that nationalism is a dead-end. Only a united, democratic, and integrated Europe can protect the rights and freedoms of its citizens.”
