FPÖ in the lead
Orbán’s “Patriots” plan new EU parliamentary group
Europe's far-right parties founded a new right-wing group in the EU Parliament today, the "Patriots for Europe" (PfE). On board are the FPÖ, Viktor Orbán's Fidesz and the French Rassemblement National (see video above).
In order for the group to actually be founded, 23 mandataries from seven EU countries were needed. With 84 seats, the "Patriots for Europe" are likely to significantly exceed this. This would make them the third strongest force in the EU Parliament, ahead of the second right-wing group, the ECR. The new leader will be Jordan Bardella from the French Rassemblement National (RN), first Vice-President Kinga Gál (Fidesz, Hungary).
In addition to the 30 MPs from his party, the Dutch Freedom Party led by Geert Wilders, the Lega (Italy), ANO (Czech Republic), Chega (Portugal) and Vox (Spain) parties, as well as the Danish People's Party and the Belgian Vlaams Belang have also expressed interest.
The right-wing EU parliamentary group ID (Identity and Democracy), which is currently disbanding, has thus been almost completely absorbed into the new grouping. There were already difficulties before the election after the German AfD was excluded.
"This group will send a clear signal against EU centralism and pursue a policy for the nations and peoples of Europe (...)", said Harald Vilimsky, head of the Freedom Party delegation and one of the vice presidents, in a press release. His party had been significantly involved in the negotiations. There are six delegates from Austria.
Criticism from the Greens and ÖVP
The Greens and the ÖVP in the European Parliament are less than pleased with the new grouping. "They have joined forces to openly work against the interests of the European Union - and these nationalists are misusing the term 'patriots'," said Reinhold Lopatka, head of the ÖVP delegation. They want to weaken the EU and are "accomplices of the warmonger Putin."
"In addition to their daily misanthropy, far-right parties are helping Putin to spread disinformation and weaken democracy throughout Europe," said Thomas Waitz and Lena Schilling from the Greens in the European Parliament. Their policies are "clearly anti-future", "anti-feminist" and "pro-Putin". Neither peace nor social justice can be expected, according to a press release.
This is how the various political groups are represented in the EU Parliament.
The founding of the "Patriots for Europe" was announced in Brussels on Monday afternoon. The strongest group in the Parliament remains the conservative European People's Party (EPP) with 188 MEPs, followed by the social democratic S&D group (136).
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