An ultra-right group in the EU Parliament, Europe of Sovereign Nations is born
Built around the Germans of Alternative für Deutschland, it is the third formation to the right of the European Populars
from our correspondent Beda Romano
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BRUSSELS - A new right-wing parliamentary group has been born in Strasbourg. It will be called Europe of Sovereign Nations and will bring together 25 MEPs from eight countries. The majority shareholder will be the German far-right party Alternative für Deutschland. The announcement came in the evening of Wednesday, 10 July, sanctioning a profound political reorganisation in the right-wing of the European Parliament, which now counts three different factions, representing about 25% of the MEPs.
'After intensive consultations, we founded the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ENS) group today,' reads a statement published on Wednesday, 10 July. 'We came together because we share the goal of having a significant impact on the political future of Europe through decisive action and strategic planning (...) Influence has always been exerted by those who had the courage to organise themselves and act strategically.
The new group will have 25 MPs from eight countries. In addition to the AfD (14 MPs), the faction includes the Bulgarians from Wasraschdane (3), a Czech from SPD, a Frenchman from Reconquête, the Poles from Konfederacja (3), a Slovenian from Republika, a Hungarian former Fidesz, and a Latvian from the Union for People and Justice. Co-presidents of the parliamentary faction will be German René Aust and Polish Stanislaw Tyszka. Group leader will be Christine Anderson (AfD).
As mentioned, there are now three right-wing groups, one more than in the legislature that has just ended. In addition to the ECR conservatives, among whom sits Fratelli d'Italia, the party of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, they have been joined by the Patriots of Europe, born this week around the Hungarian Fidesz and the French Rassemblement National, and precisely the Europe of Sovereign Nations. Together the three parliamentary groups count 187 out of a total of 720 MEPs.
The more centrist parties in the hemicycle have long since decided to keep the more extremist movements (excluding ECR) beyond a so-called cordon sanitaire. In other words, in the distribution of positions within the parliament, they will not get vice-presidencies of the assembly or committee chairmanships. Their candidates will be systematically outvoted by centrist parties, which in any case enjoy a strong majority in the hemicycle.
