Viktor Orbán’s rightwing group hits quota for recognition by EU parliament
Viktor Orbán’s rightwing group hits quota for recognition by EU parliament
Patriots for Europe gets Danish and Flemish nationalists as latest members, amid EU anger over Hungary PM’s latest unauthorised foreign policy foray
Putinists for Europe
A sorry collection of worthless scum. Let's hope they follow the age-old fascist tradition and fight among themselves.
The Danish People’s party and the Flemish nationalist pro-independence Vlaams Belang announced on Saturday that they would join, giving Patriots for Europe 23 MEPs – enough to meet the EU parliament’s threshold for formal recognition.
Other parties involved are the Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), the centrist ANO of former Czech prime minister Andrej Babis, the Party for Freedom (PVV) of Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, Portugal’s far-right Chega party and Spain’s Vox.
Disturbing trends..