After plans for a new, far-right faction were presented in the EU Parliament by FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl on Sunday, the question arises as to which parties could join the ‘Patriots for Europe’ alliance. The rumor mill is spinning. The registration deadline is almost over, four EU countries are still missing.
According to the Italian newspaper Domani, the French Rassemblement National (RN) of Marine Le Pen and the Italian Lega of Matteo Salvini were aware of the plans and could therefore join the new group.
Kickl-Orban-Babis-axis
The planned alliance was presented by FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl, together with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Fidesz) and Czech ex-Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO). To form a group in the EU Parliament, at least 23 MEPs from at least seven countries are needed.
Minimum number of mandates already reached
The three initiators (FPÖ, Fidesz and ANO) have already collected the minimum number of mandates for a new ‘Patriot’ faction. The question is which other partners from other countries they can win over.
“Seems to be the right way”
Salvini himself said in a radio interview on Monday, according to the ANSA agency, that they were still “studying the documents” but that such an alliance “seemed to him the right path.”
The Portuguese right-wing populist party Chega (Enough!), which entered the EU Parliament for the first time in the EU elections and won two seats, has already shown interest in the new alliance.
“Without unnecessary radicalism”
Party leader André Ventura said in a video posted on Facebook and YouTube that they wanted to discuss whether to join the new “Patriots” faction within the party. The ‘Patriots for Europe’ are an alliance that advocates a ‘Europe of sovereign nations’ and opposes ‘uncontrolled migration’ ‘without unnecessary radicalism’, he praised the alliance extensively in his speech.
It is necessary to “fight socialism, communism and globalism,” Ventura said. Chega previously belonged to the European party Identity and Democracy (ID), similar to the FPÖ and Rassemblement National.
The German AfD is currently not a problem
A joining of the German AfD to the planned new right-wing alliance is currently not on the agenda. “Even if the AfD cannot yet join a joint parliamentary group with Fidesz, this opens up new opportunities for the AfD to work with other parties,” Daniel Tapp, spokesperson for AfD co-leader Alice Weidel, told the German press. agency in Berlin. “The AfD would certainly fit perfectly into this group,” the AfD’s federal board said, according to the dpa. The FPÖ and Fidesz are very close to the AfD in terms of content.
Hungarian media recently mentioned the Smer-SSD party of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) of former Prime Minister Janez Janša and the Polish Law and Justice Party (PiS) as possible members.
Denial from Slovenia
Just a few days ago on Platform
Deadline is July 15th
With PiS on board, the new far-right group would gain 20 additional EU representatives and become a major force within the right-wing camp in the European Parliament. The deadline for registering a parliamentary group is 15 July, and the parliament will be formally formed on 16 July.
Source: Krone
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