New parliamentary groups are born, looking for MEPs in other formations, different parties are repositioning themselves in search of a position that is ideologically comfortable and politically effective in the new legislature of the European Parliament.
The panorama of European parties on the right spectrum is more than “changing“right now so Alternative for Germany has several options, says its spokesperson. He emphasizes that they have not yet made any decision on how to integrate into the European Parliament.
During the last term, Alternative for Germany was part of the right-wing group Identity and Democracy in the European Parliament. However, shortly before the European elections in June, among other things due to pressure from Marine Le Pen, all Alternative MEPs were expelled of the group due to the extremist statements of the party’s main candidate, Maximilian Krah.
An impossible far-right cocktail
Alternative for Germany He then tried to create an independent parliamentary group in the EP, sovereignistsalthough it stopped after a few days when it became clear that the Our Homeland Movement Hungarian and two other European parties could be too extremist and radical even for them.
Regarding the link between the Hungarian government party Fidesz and Alternative for Germany, Gergely Gulyása minister in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet, stated at the Council of Ministers briefing in mid-June.
And now Patriots for Europe and their “patriotic manifesto”
As you can see in Euronewson Sunday Viktor Orbánthe president of the Austrian Freedom Party Herbert Kickl and former Czech Prime Minister Andrea Babisleader of the Alliance of Disaffected Citizens party, who recently left the liberal group Renew Europe, decided to form a new group in the European Parliament called Patriots for Europe. They still don’t have enough MEPs.
“Today we are creating a political formation that I am convinced will divide and become very quickly the largest group of the European right. This will happen in a matter of days,” said the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbánby signing in Vienna what they call “patriotic manifesto” of the new group. They are necessary at least 23 representatives from seven countries to form a new group in the European Parliament.
Right-wing MEPs wanted
For this reason, the leaders of the new group, which already has 24 MEPs, have asked other parties to join in order to form what they hope will be the largest right-wing group before July 15.
It remains to be seen who else will run, since, contrary to what had been reported, the Polish party Law and Justice has chosen to remain in the Group of European Conservatives and Reformists, while the Slovak party Directorate-Social Democracyof Robert Fico looks again towards the socialists. He Slovenian Democratic Party of Janez Janša has also retired, preferring to remain in the European People’s Party.
The Identity and Democracy parliamentary group is looking for members
Until now, the Austrian Freedom Party was part of the other right-wing group in the European Parliament, Identity and Democracy (ID), which includes 30 members of National Groupof Marine Le Pen. However, with the departure of the Austrian party, ID now has MEPs from less than seven stateswhich means that loses its status as a parliamentary group.
But another stalwart of Identity and Democracy, the leader of the Italian League, Matteo Salvini, has welcomed the new alliance. His party says it has been working for “years” to forge a stronger, more patriotic and more united alliance. We welcome today’s statements by leaders of other parties that they are willing to work together,” Salvini said.
