Key facts
- National Rally's Jordan Bardella blamed the US intervention in Iran for heavy consequences on world economies.
- AfD co-leader Alice Weidel said Trump's broken promise on non-intervention had come back to haunt Republicans.
- Vox leader Santiago Abascal said he was in Spain, not in Michigan, and cared little about other places.
- Eurasia Group's Mujtaba Rahman said far-right parties seek domestic advantage without being tied to Trump's disruption.
European far-right parties are distancing themselves from US President Donald Trump after Republicans suffered a defeat in the midterm elections, the Nikkei reported on November 8, 2026. Leaders in France and Germany criticized Washington's war with Iran and emphasized their own country-first agendas.
Jordan Bardella, leader of France's National Rally, blamed the US attacks on Iran for carrying "very heavy consequences" for world economies, without naming the president who ordered them. In Germany, Alice Weidel, co-leader of Alternative für Deutschland, said Trump had promised voters "not to pursue an interventionist foreign policy" and that "this broken campaign promise has now come back to haunt the Republicans."