The Europe of Nations and Freedoms ( eng. Europe of Nations and Freedom , German: Europa der Nationen und der Freiheit , Fr. Europe des nations et des libertés ) - The right - wing nationalist faction of the European Parliament , founded on June 16, 2015.
| Europe of Nations and Freedoms | |
|---|---|
| English Europe of Nations and Freedom , him Europa der Nationen und der Freiheit , fr Europe des nations et des libertés | |
| Leader |  Marine Le Pen |
| Founding date | June 16, 2015 |
| Headquarters | |
| Ideology | national conservatism right patriotism right nationalism euro skepticism restriction of immigration |
| International |  Movement for Europe of Nations and Freedoms |
| Number of members | 6 parties, an independent deputy from the UK |
| Places in the European Parliament | 39/751 |
| Site | |
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History
After the elections to the European Parliament on May 22–25, 2014, nationalist and other far-right parties representing the European Alliance for Freedom ", Intended to create their own faction in the European Parliament of the new convocation. The previous attempt to form a far-right faction in the European Parliament was the group “ Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty ”, which broke up with the scandal less than a year after its creation in 2007 [1] .
May 28, 2014 at a press conference in Brussels, it was announced that Marine Le Pen from the French " National Front ", Gert Wilders from the Netherlands " Freedom Party " and Matteo Salvini from the Italian " League of the North " are negotiating a coalition to form a faction [2 ] . On June 24, it became known about the inability of politicians to fulfill the criteria necessary to form a faction: the minimum number of deputies to create a faction is 25 people, they must represent at least 7 EU member states. Therefore, European parliamentarians from right-wing parties did not join any of the existing factions, becoming independent deputies [3] [4] . Later in 2014, many far-right parties, including the National Front and the League of the North, left the European Alliance for Freedom "And formed (without the participation of the" Freedom Party "from the Netherlands) a new European political party " The Movement for the Europe of Nations and Freedoms ".
On June 15, 2015, Marine Le Pen announced the launch on the next day of a new faction of the European Parliament, which will include the National Front, the Freedom Party, the League of the North, the Austrian Freedom Party, and the Flemish Interest [5] [6 ] [7] , “ Congress of the New Right "And released from the" United Kingdom Independence Party " Janice Atkinson . The creation of the group became possible after two resignations of large and contradictory figures of the far-right spectrum. First, the expulsion of Jean-Marie Le Pen from the National Front convinced the MEP from Great Britain to join the faction [8] . Secondly, the departure of Janusz Korvin-Micke from the “Congress of the New Right” gave a new impetus to the negotiations on the accession of the two remaining European deputies of this party to the faction “The Europe of Nations and Freedoms”. Previously, Wilders and Le Pen were opposed to cooperation with the "Congress" because of too radical views of Corwin-Micke [9] [10] . In the Popular Front group in the European Parliament, one of the deputies refused to join the coalition, expressing solidarity with the former front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen , and another deputy Emerick Choprad was in Fiji during the signing of the agreement [10] and joined the fraction later [ 11] .
With 37 deputies, the faction “The Europe of Nations and Freedoms” is the smallest in the European Parliament.
Composition
The faction at the time of creation includes 6 parties, uniting 35 deputies, and one independent parliamentarian [12] .
| Country | Political Party | Deps | European Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) Freiheitliche partei Österreichs | 4/18 | EAC / DENS |
| Belgium | Flemish interest Vlaams belang | 1/21 | EAC / DENS |
| Great Britain | independent (elected from UKIP ) | 1/73 | Not |
| Italy | League of the North Lega nord | 5/73 | EAC / DENS |
| Netherlands | Freedom Party (PVV) Partij voor de vrijheid | 3/26 | EAC |
| Poland | New Right Congress (KNP) Kongres Nowej Prawicy | 2/51 | Not |
| France | National Front (FN) Front national | 20/74 | EAC / DENS |
Notes
- ↑ Xenophobia destroys EU's ultra-rightwing MEP group | World news | The guardian
- Pen Le Pen party steals Farage's Italian allies
- ↑ Marine Le Pen fails to form a far-right bloc in the European parliament
- Pen Le Pen's Far-Right EU Parliament Alliance Fails at Start
- ↑ France's National Front says forms group in European Parliament
- ↑ Far-right parties form group in EU parliament
- 'S France's far right forms bloc in European Parliament
- ↑ Ultra-right European deputies created a faction
- France Korwin-Mikke 'too extreme' for France's Le Pen
- 2 1 2 Marine Le pen annonce la création d'un groupe au Parlement européen (Fr.) (16 June 2015). The appeal date is June 16, 2015.
- ↑ Aymeric Chauprade rejoint le groupe de Marine Le Pen . L'Opinion. The appeal date is June 25, 2015.
- ↑ Nieuw rechts blok EU: 'Wij zijn de stem van het verzet' (nid.) . RTL Nieuws (June 16, 2015). The appeal date is June 16, 2015.
Links
- - the official website of the Europe of Nations and Freedoms
- Europe of Nations and Freedom . europarl.europa.eu . European Parliament . The appeal date is June 17, 2015.