--- title: CPAC: Nigel Farage Calls on European Voters to Follow Suit description: "We’ve got some very exciting elections coming up in the Netherlands, in France, in Germany, possibly even in Italy." canonical: https://time.com/4682201/cpac-nigel-farage-netherlands-france-germany-italy/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-24T18:13:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:18:11.533Z article:section: Politics og:title: Brexit Champion Nigel Farage Calls on European Voters to Follow Suit og:description: "What happened in 2016 is the beginning of a great global revolution." og:url: https://time.com/4682201/cpac-nigel-farage-netherlands-france-germany-italy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt15f651381efe351a/6988bbd5e20a8792d1a943ef/gettyimages-642282382.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Nigel Farage MEP adresses UKIP party members during the UKIP annual conference at the Macron Stadium on February 17, 2017 in Bolton, England. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brexit Champion Nigel Farage Calls on European Voters to Follow Suit twitter:description: "What happened in 2016 is the beginning of a great global revolution." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt15f651381efe351a/6988bbd5e20a8792d1a943ef/gettyimages-642282382.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Brexit Champion Nigel Farage Calls on European Voters to Follow Suit > Sponsored content. 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Calling 2016 the year of a "global political revolution," British politician Nigel Farage called on French, German, Dutch voters to follow suit in upcoming elections._  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Feb 24, 2017 6:13 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Feb 24, 2017 6:13 PM UTC Calling 2016 the year of a “global political revolution,” British politician Nigel Farage called on French, German, Dutch voters to follow suit in upcoming elections. Speaking to an [annual conference of U.S. grassroots conservatives](http://time.com/4679396/cpac-donald-trump-conservatives/) outside Washington, D.C., on Friday the former U.K. Independence Party leader [linked President Trump’s win and the successful Brexit campaign](http://time.com/4682100/cpac-nigel-farage-brexit-donald-trump/) for Great Britain to leave the European Union as part of a fight against “supra-national global government.” Then he told the audience at the [Conservative Political Action Conference](http://time.com/4681503/donald-trump-cpac-conservatives-alt-right/) that it would be just the start, calling on other European countries to also vote on nationalist lines. “What happened in 2016 is not the end of this great global revolution, what happened in 2016 is the beginning of a great global revolution,” he said, predicting that the nationalistic impulse would “roll out across the rest of the West.” He then referenced an upcoming election in France, where nationalist leader Marine Le Pen has [recently surged in the polls](http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/771632/Front-National-Marine-Le-Pen-polls-France-election); in Germany, where Chancellor Angela Merkel [faces a tough re-election fight](http://time.com/4664992/angela-merkel-germany-election/); in the Netherlands, where populist Geert Wilders, who has [promised to close all Dutch mosques](https://www.ft.com/content/5fbc9404-f9e1-11e6-bd4e-68d53499ed71), is leading in the polls; and in Italy, where elections may be held as early as this year. “We’ve got some very exciting elections coming up in the Netherlands, in France, in Germany, possibly even in Italy,” he said. “They’re rejecting the idea of being governed by a bunch of unelected old men in Brussels.” Farage also criticized Merkel, who welcome refugees to Germany in 2015, arguing it was unpopular with voters. “They’re rejecting the absolute madness and idiocy of what Angela Merkel did 18 months ago when she opened up her doors,” he said. He also attempted to address criticism that nationalist movements are fueled by racism or xenophobia. “We’re not against anybody based on religion and ethnicity,” he said. “But we’re for ourselves, we’re for our country, we’re for our safety.” “We’re for our people,” he says, “and we are winning.” ## Transcript 2016, we did it! We did it! [ APPLAUSE ] Thank you. And I'm very honored to be here today. I'm delighted and thrilled that CPAC invited me. Me, a foreigner. In your country. But you know it's a funny thing. Since November the 8th, since the election of Donald J. Trump, every time I come to America, I'm feeling a little bit more American, I have to tell you. [ APPLAUSE ] I went to the Republican convention in Cleveland. And I realized, that amongst The Republican activists are amongst the large chunk of the American people that was something approaching Brexit mania. And I got the opportunity through my friends in Mississippi, through the Governor of Mississippi, I got my opportunity would I stand on a platform with Donald J. Trump What I tell that audience, that what we've done in Brexit was what you too can do here in America. And I tell that audience, I tell that audience don't listen to the pollsters. Don't listen to the media. Don't listen to the commentators. They're trying to break your will. They're trying to make you stay at home. Don't listen to any of them and I said, we got our country back on June 23rd. And you can get yours back to on November the 8th. And you know what? [ APPLAUSE ] [ NOISE ] I am pleased. I am please am proud that i did that in Mississippi and i came to Amerika many times in that campaign to give Donald Trump support. Im proud to impart of that campaign already have. 2016 was the year. That the nation state democracy made a comeback against the globalist and those who would wish to destroy everything that we have ever been. [ APPLAUSE ] [ LAUGH ] I think that people like Tony Blair who says 2016 was just a blip 2016 was an aberration. 2016 was just an outpouring of anger from very poorly educated, stupid, virtually unwashed people. That's what Blair thinks. But Tony Blair is wrong. He's wrong. Because what happens in 2016 is not the end of this great global revolution. [ APPLAUSE ] what happened in 2016 is the beginning of a great global revolution. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] And this will, this will, this will roll out across the rest of the West. We've got some very exciting elections coming up. In the Netherlands, in France, in Germany. Possibly within Italy. [ APPLAUSE ] And believe me, I don't yet know whether the results in 2017 will be as dramatic as the results in 2016. But what I do know is that even if the challenges don't get over line this year what they will do, is shift the center of gravity of the entire debate. Because what is happening across Europe. [ APPLAUSE ] What is happening across Europe, is people are rejecting this form of super national government. They're rejecting. [ APPLAUSE ] They're rejecting the idea Of being governed by a bunch of unelected old men in Brussels. [ APPLAUSE ] The absolute madness and idiocy of what Angela Merkel did 18 months ago. Aah. When she opened up her doors and we've got to be clear. We're not against anybody based on religion or ethnicity. We're not against anybody- [ APPLAUSE ] But we're for ourselves. 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