POLITICS
Rechts-außen Fraktion wird die dritte Kraft im Europa Parlament
July 9, 2024 - Der Chef der französischen National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, wird dem neuen rechten Flügel, den Patrioten für Europa, vorstehen, die zur dritt-größten Gruppe im Europa Parlament wird.
The announcement came the day after Bardella’s party lost the second round of France’s snap legislative election.
The newly formed far-right alliance, launched just last week, has succeeded the previous far-right group in the European Parliament, Identity and Democracy (ID), which has now disbanded.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Herbert Kickl of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and Andrej Babis, the leader of the populist Czech ANO, announced the launch of the Patriots for Europe alliance last month.
It comprises far-right parties from 12 countries, such as Italy’s League party of Matteo Salvini, Dutch PVV of Geert Wilders and Spain’s Vox.
Notably absent from the Patriots for Europe grouping are Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party and the German Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD).
- Bardella to lead new far-right European Parliament group (BBC)
- Far-right Patriots group springs to third force in European Parliament (EuroNews)
- Far-right 'Patriots for Europe' officially third largest force in EU parliament (The Brussels Times)
- Far-right groups from France and Hungary to lead a new political force in the European Parliament (AP)
- Le Pen and Orbán join forces in European parliament far-right alliance (The Guardian)