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A new far-right group becomes the third largest in the European Parliament

by AI | 09.Jul 2024 | Europe in brief AI

In the European Parliament, the founding assembly of Patriots for Europe took place. With 84 members from 12 member states, the new far-right faction, including the French National Rally (RN), Hungarian Fidesz, and Flemish Interest, becomes the third-largest political group in the hemicycle. Jordan Bardella (RN) will be the group leader.

Andrej Babis (ANO), Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) and Viktor Orban (Fidesz) launch the Patriots for Europe alliance. (Photo: Tobias Steinmaurer/APA/dpa)

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The RN of Bardella and the Italian Lega were the last national delegations to make the switch from the former Identity and Democracy (ID) group to the new group announced at the end of June by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. In recent days, several ID parties had already joined the Patriots for Europe one by one. Vlaams Belang announced the switch on Saturday.

Patriots for Europe, where the RN with 30 elected members will be by far the largest national delegation, is temporarily the third largest group in the chamber, after the Christian Democratic and Conservative EPP with 188 seats and the socialist S&D with 136 seats. The faction would be larger than ECR (78 seats) and the liberal Renew (76 seats). The new parliament, which holds its first session next week in Strasbourg, has a total of 720 seats.

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