Marine Le Pen will chair Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF), the new entity of the European Parliament. Xenophobic decision makers gain 17.5 million Euro
by Emanuele Bonini
Far-right Euroscepticism found a political house in the European Parliament, thanks to the new Europe of Nations and Freedom group formed today. French National Front leader Marine Le Pen announced the rise of the new coalition, formed by the most xenophobic parties in Europe. ENF group is in fact represented by FN (France), Lega Nord (Italy), Pvv (the Netherlands), Fpo (Austria), Vlaams Belangs (Belgium), former UKIP MEP Janice Atkinson (United Kingdom), and two MEPs from KNP (Poland), Michał Marusik and Stanisław Żółtek. Anti-EU, anti-Euro and anti-immigration, the new block wants to re-shape the traditional political agenda. «The EU is not the right way», said Marine Le Pen, who will chair the ENF group. «Ours will be a political force that will go far beyond our previous situation. We’re here for our peoples, for their freedoms».
Far-right parties tried to form a political group already one year ago, immediately after the European general elections. In that occasion was not possible meet the minimum requirements (at least 25 members from at least 7 different countries of the EU). Marine Le Pen «now takes her rightful place at the front of the European Parliament in opposition to the Brussels cartel», stated Janice Atkinson, among those who made the creation of the group possible. With 36 MEPs already registered, the ENF group is supposed to reach 40 members in the coming days, when the Parliamentary delegations currently in mission outside Europe will be back. The creation of a political group grants far-right eurosceptic parties grants 17.5 million Euros over the remaining four years of the Parliament.
Far-right Euroscepticism found a political house in the European Parliament, thanks to the new Europe of Nations and Freedom group formed today. French National Front leader Marine Le Pen announced the rise of the new coalition, formed by the most xenophobic parties in Europe. ENF group is in fact represented by FN (France), Lega Nord (Italy), Pvv (the Netherlands), Fpo (Austria), Vlaams Belangs (Belgium), former UKIP MEP Janice Atkinson (United Kingdom), and two MEPs from KNP (Poland), Michał Marusik and Stanisław Żółtek. Anti-EU, anti-Euro and anti-immigration, the new block wants to re-shape the traditional political agenda. «The EU is not the right way», said Marine Le Pen, who will chair the ENF group. «Ours will be a political force that will go far beyond our previous situation. We’re here for our peoples, for their freedoms».
Far-right parties tried to form a political group already one year ago, immediately after the European general elections. In that occasion was not possible meet the minimum requirements (at least 25 members from at least 7 different countries of the EU). Marine Le Pen «now takes her rightful place at the front of the European Parliament in opposition to the Brussels cartel», stated Janice Atkinson, among those who made the creation of the group possible. With 36 MEPs already registered, the ENF group is supposed to reach 40 members in the coming days, when the Parliamentary delegations currently in mission outside Europe will be back. The creation of a political group grants far-right eurosceptic parties grants 17.5 million Euros over the remaining four years of the Parliament.
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