Patriots
for Europe becomes EU parliament’s 3rd-largest group, picks Jordan Bardella as
president
France’s
National Rally has a new home in the European Parliament, together with Viktor
Orbán’s party, Fidesz.
Bardella
was chosen as the Patriots’ president at a meeting in Brussels that lasted less
than 20 minutes. |
JULY 8, 2024
3:34 PM CET
BY EDDY WAX
https://www.politico.eu/article/patriots-for-europe-jordan-bardella-viktor-orban-marine-le-pen/
BRUSSELS —
Jordan Bardella of the French National Rally will be the president of the
European Parliament’s new far-right group,
Patriots for Europe.
National
Rally on Monday officially joined the Patriots group, instantly becoming the
largest national delegation with its 30 EU lawmakers. And Bardella was chosen
as the Patriots’ president at a meeting in Brussels that lasted less than 20
minutes.
Patriots for
Europe was formed in late June and also includes MEPs from Hungarian Prime
Minister Viktor Orbán’s party, Fidesz. Kinga Gál of Fidesz was named first
vice-president.
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The former
secretary-general of the Identity & Democracy group, Philip Claeys, will be
the new group’s secretary-general, its most powerful administrative role.
The addition
of National Rally MEPs means that Patriots for Europe is the Parliament’s
third-largest group by a comfortable margin, with 84 lawmakers from 12
countries, according to a Patriots press release.
As well as
National Rally and Fidesz, the other group members are the League (Italy), Vox
(Spain), Chega (Portugal), Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (Czech Republic),
Oath and Motorists (Czech Republic), Christian Democratic People’s Party
(Hungary), Freedom Party (Austria), Party for Freedom (Netherlands), Vlaams
Belang (Belgium), Danish People’s Party, Voice of Reason (Greece), and Latvia
First.
In a
statement, Bardella — who was not present at the meeting in Brussels — said the
Patriots “represent hope for the tens of millions of citizens in the European
Nations who value their identity, their sovereignty and their freedom. As
patriotic forces, we are going to work together in order to retake our
institutions and reorient policies to serve our nations and peoples.”
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