Interview with international analyst Ermelinda Malcotte on the global impact of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazism. teleSUR
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00:00We continue with the information, and in this case, with the analysis of the relevance of this 80th anniversary of the Soviet win, the Soviet victory over the Nazi regime in 1945.
00:13And for that, we now welcome Ermelinda Malcott, international analyst.
00:18Thank you, Ermelinda, for joining us here in From the South to go deeper into such an important topic.
00:24I would like to start by asking you, from a European perspective, from Europe, what does this day mean as in terms of how it shaped the decades after that moment in 1945?
00:38Well, it's a bit strange because we have some kind of schizophrenia in Europe about that date.
00:44Actually, the 9th of May has been converted into a European day by the new European Commission authorities because they don't want to align with the agenda of commemorating the end of fascism with the Russians.
01:00So, we can see that there is some kind of separation between Europe and Russia, and it has been the case, actually, since a very long time, and even since before the winning of the war by the Soviet Union.
01:16So, the project of the Soviet Union is a very long project, and nowadays, we can see how far that project that has been initiated by European imperialism, but also by the United States,
01:33how far that project that has been fomented since several decades has reached today.
01:39So, we have several presidents or prime ministers from Europe that have been going to Russia, but that are facing sanctions from the European institutions.
01:54So, it's a very strange day.
01:56Of course, lots of anti-imperialist people are very proud of the victory of the Soviet Union and Russia against fascism, but we feel that we are against our own authorities on that subject.
02:09Of course, and you were talking about that historical dispute that has also been brought about by these different narratives regarding the end of Second World War.
02:22And we see, for example, today this very important parade being held in Russia with the presence of very relevant international world leaders.
02:31How do you see this impacting or what does it mean in terms of how the global scenario today is positioning itself in this context?
02:42We are clearly seeing a reshaping of the international relations and of the forced correlation in the world.
02:51The United States, which has been the main imperialist countries for more than five, six decades, is really now losing its power.
03:00And we are seeing how much the new world that is emerging today is present in Moscow today.
03:08So, we have seen that the total isolation in Europe, for example, France, for example, has been alone for its 8th of May festivities.
03:19And we see on contrast that Russia is really having a huge diplomatic and international event of all of those countries that want to, on the same time, construct a new world together.
03:32And also, who are knowing that they will have to construct it against the aggression of European and United States imperialism.
03:45So, it's a new shaping of the world, a new diplomacy, a new institution that are working today together.
03:51It's very insightful also to understand the tensions, of course, that have to do with the present moment.
04:01And you were talking before about this project of separating Europe from Russia and, of course, its historical roots.
04:10How do you see the years to come?
04:12Because, of course, also the arrival to a second term of U.S. President Donald Trump and its own tensions with Europe
04:20has put Europe on a very tight spot regarding its relations both with the United States and also with Russia.
04:28How do you see this affecting the years to come?
04:32Well, it will be a very schizophrenic process again.
04:37I see Europe in a very strange position because we have to understand that European institutions, it's not a European creation.
04:45It's a United States creation.
04:47So, cutting the relation with the United States would be quite difficult.
04:54So, Europe is trying to enter a little bit into that new multipolar world, but would not have all the means to do because it has that quasi-colonial relation with the United States.
05:07And also because Europe is a conjunction of imperialism, and imperialism is very incompatible with what we are trying to construct into the multipolar world.
05:19So, it will be a very difficult position.
05:21We also can see that Europe is actively separating itself from the Euro-Asian continents.
05:29At the same time, it wants to construct a relation with the Euro-Asian continents.
05:35So, what I fear the most is that on the day of the 9th of May, we can see that Europe is really cultivating some fascist elements into its continent.
05:46We can see it, obviously, in Ukraine and in the Baltic countries.
05:50But also, we have to remember that, and we have to read all the biography that has been produced the last day, for example, of the family of Yussela von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, which has a long history with Nazism.
06:04The history of the family of the new chancellor of Germany, which has also a long history with fascism.
06:12The history of the French president, which has a long relation with the financial sector, which also has a huge relation with fascism and Nazism in Europe.
06:25So, it's very interesting on those days to understand that the huge contradiction Europe will be in wanting to rejoin the multipolar world, but being an imperialist country and having so strong relations with fascism, it will be extremely complicated for it.
06:43So, I think that what will change the thing here is that if we don't have popular movement that are pushing for real multiple awards, Europe will be stuck in the United States influence and won't be able to do anything else that's being mostly some kind of colony of the United States.
07:04Definitely such a relevant day to think about these challenges to come. Thank you so much, Ermelina, for joining us here in From the South.
07:15Thank you very much for inviting me.