European politicians wary on Republican convention over Trump

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign stop at the Grand Park Events Center in Westfield, Indiana, July 12, 2016. REUTERS/John Sommers II

BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain's Nigel Farage will be at the Republican convention in Cleveland next week to dole out lessons from his Brexit campaign. So will Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, who sees Donald Trump as an ally in his crusade to prevent an "Islamisation" of the West.

But some mainstream European conservatives who have travelled to previous Republican gatherings admit in private to being horrified at the prospect of a Trump presidency and are boycotting this year's spectacle, which runs from July 18-21.