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Wilders speaks with leaders of radical-right EU group in Brussels

by AI | 17.Oct 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The Patriots for Europe are meeting before the October summit of EU leaders begins. Dutch PVV leader Geert Wilders is present.

PVV leader Geert Wilders after his election victory in November. PHOTO: EFE/EPA/REMKO DE WAAL

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THE HAGUE (ANP) – The Dutch party leader of the radical-right PVV Geert Wilders consults in Brussels with other political leaders of the Patriots for Europe. The Patriots are the European group of radical-right political parties. The meeting takes place in the run-up to the European summit of government leaders that will be held on Thursday and Friday. Among other things, migration and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are central.

“Today and tomorrow to Brussels for leaders’ meeting Patriots for Europe Party for the European summit,” Wilders writes on X. According to the spokesperson of the PVV faction in the European Parliament, there is a meeting of the leaders of parties united in the Patriots for Europe on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.

The leaders of established political families such as the Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, and Liberals also traditionally meet before an EU summit. But radical right, which previously also had few government leaders or deputy prime ministers, is less used to it. Meanwhile, far right is not only in power in Hungary, but Wilders’ allies now also govern in Italy, Finland and even de facto in France.

(October 16, 2024)

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