If Le Pen’s National Rally joins Orbán’s Patriots for Europe, it could be Europe’s third largest political group.
While the National Rally has dominated the French legislative elections, their far-right allies have been building a new political bloc in the European Parliament. And on Sunday, the Hungarian Prime Minister’s “Patriots of Europe” group, Viktor Orbángained enough followers to obtain recognition in the chamber.
On Saturday, the Danish People’s Party and the pro-independence flamenco nationalist Vlaams Belang announced their decision to join, bringing Patriots for Europe to 23 MEPs, enough to reach the threshold of formal recognition by the European Parliament.
Other parties involved are the Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPOE), the centrist Czech party ANO, the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), the Portuguese far-right Chega and the Spanish Vox.
France has not yet discovered whether far-right National Group of Marine Le Pencan achieve a historic victory or produce a hung parliament and, potentially, months of political stalemate.
France could have its first far-right government since the Nazi occupation in World War II if the National Rally wins an absolute majority and its leader, Jordan Bardella, 28 years old, becomes prime minister.
The party won the first round of last week’s elections, followed by a coalition of center-left, far-left and Green parties, and Macron’s centrist alliance.
But,Le Pen will join Orbán’s far-right group? It is likely, and if they do so, they would become the third political force in the European Parliament.
According to people close to the negotiations, the National Group merges with Patriots for Europe in the coming days. If all its members decide to join, the total sum would amount to 86 MEPs. These include those of Vox, a Spanish far-right party that was previously active in Europe in Melon’s ECR groupi.
In addition to campaigning for conservative family values and opposing immigration, the group aims to end European support for the defense of Ukraine against Russian invasion.
He racism and the antisemitism have tarnished the French election campaign, along with Russian cyber campaigns, and More than 50 candidates have reported being physically attacked. This led the Government to deploy 30,000 police officers on Sunday.
Hungary assumed the rotating presidency of the EU this monthand on Friday Orbán seemed to take advantage of this position to surprise meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine.
Los EU leaders quickly condemned the visitstressing that it was not authorized by them and that Orbán did not represent Brussels.
