A yakin neman zabe na 2016, ya nuna rashin jin dadinsa game da EU kuma ya jaddada batutuwa hudu da ya gani a matsayin manyan gazawar Turai: Girka, Rasha, TTIP da
rikicin ƙaura. Akwai wasu manyan batutuwa na yakin neman zabensa ban da sukar Tarayyar Turai - juriya ga jari hujja da cin zarafi; juriya ga mulkin mallaka na Yamma da farfaganda; gwagwarmaya don zaman lafiya. Blaha ya goyi bayan gurguzu, adawa da jari hujja, sauya-duniya da kuma tsaka-tsakin zaman lafiya. Don haka, masu sukar sun sanya shi a matsayin "kwaminisanci" da "wakilin Rasha".