Folks, don't buy the Europe is a) one homogenous mass and b) fascist/authoritarian free bull shit.
If you know me you know I've been freaked out about the US going fascist for my entire two years or whatever on Mastodon.
Why? Because country after country in Europe fell to similar tactics. Now, recently there's been a couple of counter examples, it is true, but generally? No, Europe is trending to the Right just as much as the US.