A couple of weeks ago, while Europe debated from the comfort of television studios, parts of Romania were devastated by violent floods. Houses were destroyed, crops wiped out, families left with nothing. A tragedy that, in many ways, recalled what happened in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region last year: the same suffering, the same anger, the same urgent need for help. During those days, George Simion did not show up for a photo op and then disappear. He stayed there, day after day, among his people, boots sinking into the mud, working hard to help those affected. And yesterday, fresh from the fifth Make Europe Great Again (MEGA) conference in Warsaw, instead of taking a break, he went straight back to the disaster area — proving through action what it truly means to lead.
This image speaks louder than any superficial label the mainstream press has tried to attach to Simion. Far from being “far-right” or a “dangerous populist,” the Romanian leader represents something the establishment genuinely fears: a politician who does not belong to the circle of power, but to his community.
The choice of Warsaw for the fifth MEGA conference was no coincidence. On Wednesday, August 6, during the event, Poland’s new president, Karol Nawrocki — a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) — was sworn in. It was a memorable ceremony, with hundreds of thousands of Poles filling the streets of the capital, waving their national flags and expressing pride and determination to redeem their country and break the toxic paradigm imposed by the left and globalists through the European Union.
Against this backdrop came the most symbolic moment of the three-day MEGA gathering: a march through the streets of Warsaw led by George Simion, with all participants wearing blue hats emblazoned with the words MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN, echoing the style of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement in the United States. Alongside Simion marched journalists, opinion makers, professionals, entrepreneurs, and political representatives from across Europe, as well as delegations from Paraguay, Mexico, the United States, and even South Korea.
Simion, vice president of the ECR, is using MEGA not just as a forum but as a platform to build a network of European patriots capable of turning conservative vision into concrete political action. MEGA stands for Make Europe Great Again, but it is much more than that: it is a structured project, a space where leaders, activists, and movements from across the continent share strategies and resources to defend identity, sovereignty, and freedom. It is not a slogan, but an ongoing effort rooted in national realities and projected into a shared agenda able to influence both institutions and society — a workshop of ideas capable of breaking down the media wall built by those who, for years, have imposed a single narrative.
In a now-famous speech, Giorgia Meloni coined a phrase that has become emblematic for Fratelli d’Italia: “We are the ones with muddy shoes and clean hands.” It perfectly describes leaders like George Simion, part of a new generation of conservative politicians driving today’s European challenge. And Giorgia Meloni herself plays a central role in this movement. Under her leadership, the ECR has grown to become the third-largest political force in Europe — not through backroom deals, but by bringing together parties and movements that share a clear vision of a Europe that is free, sovereign, and rooted in its history. Her recognized global leadership makes her the natural point of reference for conservatives across the continent and has created the conditions for initiatives like MEGA to gain real momentum.
It was Meloni who, during her meeting with Donald Trump at the White House last April, put forward a bold idea: “We must think about a Make West Great Again.” A West seeking to regain its central role cannot ignore an America revitalized under Trump and a Europe rediscovering vision and resolve under leaders like Meloni, Simion, and other conservatives committed to defending the fundamental values of Western civilization — now openly attacked by the woke left, funded and supported by Soros-style globalists.
The Warsaw conference was more than a political event; it was proof that the international conservative front is becoming increasingly organized. The debates and meetings focused on family, work, faith, identity, defending agriculture from ideological green extremism, combating uncontrolled immigration, and protecting the younger generation from the imposition of political correctness. A common thread unites its leaders: rejecting a technocratic, detached Europe that makes decisions without regard for the will of its people.
The three days in Warsaw marked an important step, but not the end of the road. In the coming months, MEGA will work to consolidate a network able to speak in many languages but with one voice — the voice of Europe’s peoples. And the most powerful lesson George Simion leaves us with did not come from a stage, but from the image of him standing in the mud alongside his people. That is where true politics is measured — the politics Europe and the West need, the politics that can restore them to their strength and dignity.
