That simply isn’t true. In France the RN and REM are quite different and they correspond roughly in views to the republicans and democrats respectively. Same for the CDU and AFD in Germany. It would be true to say that Americans only have right wing parties, but one is centre right and the other is extremist right. European parties also elect their own leaders, that’s nothing special. But we see these positions as distinct identities here too, and they obviously are.
That simply isn’t true. In France the RN and REM are quite different and they correspond roughly in views to the republicans and democrats respectively. Same for the CDU and AFD in Germany. It would be true to say that Americans only have right wing parties, but one is centre right and the other is extremist right. European parties also elect their own leaders, that’s nothing special. But we see these positions as distinct identities here too, and they obviously are.