Alternative for Germany (AfD) has officially formed a third far-right group in the European Parliament on Wednesday, which is called Europe of Sovereign Nations. The new faction initially has 25 MEPs from 8 different countries. and will be the smallest in Parliament. The party of Alvise PerezThe Party’s Over (SALF), which was on the initial list of membershas withdrawn from the project at the last minute. “They told us that they need more time to think,” explain sources from the group.
The joint programme of Europe of sovereign nations includes the fight against migration and the “Islamisation of Europe”, the rejection of the European Green Deal and the devolution of powers from Brussels to the Member States.
The Europe of Sovereign Nations is joining the other two radical right-wing groups already formed in the European Parliament. On the one hand, the European Conservatives and Reformists (78 seats), led by Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni and the Poles of Law and Justice.
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On the other hand, the Patriots for Europe (84 seats), the new group created by the Hungarian Viktor Orbán and which has also been joined by Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini. Vox, which in the previous legislature was a member of Meloni’s group, has now joined the Patriots for Europe.
The Alternative for Germany was in the Identity and Democracy group, the predecessor of the Patriots for Europe, in the last parliamentary term. However, Le Pen ended up expelling them in the middle of the 9-J campaign for considering them excessively radical.Their European list leader, Maximilian Krah, said in an interview that not everyone who wore an SS uniform was automatically a criminal.
The creation of Europe of Sovereign Nations highlights the strong division among radical right forces in the EU. Although they were the parties that grew the most in the elections of 9-J, they have been unable to achieve their declared objective of creating a single supergroup in order to maximise their influence in the European Parliament. A fracture that is explained by their political differences on issues such as the position to adopt vis-à-vis the Kremlin, but also by personal quarrels.
AfD is the party that contributes the most MEPs to the Europe of Sovereign Nations (a total of 14), as they were the second most voted force in Germany on 9 June, only behind the Christian Democrats. MEPs from the Polish ultra-right party Confederation and from Reconquista in France have also joined, as well as from ultra-right parties in Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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