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AfD and partners want to invite Trump to the EU Parliament

by AI | 18.Nov 2024 | Europe in brief AI

While concerns prevail in the European Parliament after the US election, the German Alternative for Germany (AfD) and its right-wing partners see opportunities for transatlantic relations.

The AfD and its partners in the EU Parliament want to invite the designated US President Donald Trump to the EU Parliament. Photo: The News & Observer/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

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Brussels – The German AfD MEP René Aust and other members of the right-wing ESN group wish for an exchange with Donald Trump in the European Parliament. In a letter, they ask Parliament President Roberta Metsola to issue an invitation to the designated US President and allow him to address the plenary in Strasbourg.

An address by the future president in the heart of Europe would signal a strong commitment to reviving transatlantic relations, said the letter, which is available to the German Press Agency. It is important to approach the partnership with the USA “after the difficulties under the Biden administration” with openness and dialogue.

Concerns prevail in other factions

In other factions, concerns prevail about Trump’s election victory and the impending end of the transatlanticist Joe Biden‘s term. It is feared that the Republican could stop military aid to the attacked Ukraine and force the country into negotiations with far-reaching concessions to Russia. Economic relations between the EU and the USA could also deteriorate again – Trump’s first term was a foretaste of this.

Initially no public reaction from Metsola

The letter was signed by Aust and Polish politician Stanislaw Tyszka as co-chairs of the new group “Europe of Sovereign Nations” (ESN) and the AfD politician Christine Anderson as another board member of the group.

There was initially no public reaction from the Parliament President to the letter. Her team said that Metsola always considers all proposals from groups. It was also pointed out that there is already an open and unlimited invitation to the incumbent US President. (15.11)

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