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Le Pen’s National Rally to take control of far-right Patriots in EU Parliament [1]
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Date: 2024-07-08 00:15:56+00:00
Balázs Orbán, an MP serving as political director to Viktor Orbán (the two are not related) did not respond to questions about National Rally joining but confirmed the scale of the Patriots’ ambitions. “We want to quickly become the third-largest party,” he told POLITICO.
A large Patriots grouping would give the National Rally a significant position in Parliament despite disappointing results in the French legislative election on Sunday.
National Rally President and MEP Jordan Bardella hinted strongly that his party would join the Patriots in a speech Sunday evening, saying that “at long last, starting tomorrow our MEPs will fully play their role in a large group which will influence the power balance in Europe, to refuse being flooded by migrants, punitive environmentalism and the confiscation of our sovereignty.”
National Rally President and MEP Jordan Bardella hinted strongly that his party would join the Patriots in a speech Sunday evening. | Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
The formal launch of the group is expected to take place in Brussels on Monday afternoon, according to ID staff and members.
The insiders said there had been plans to transfer the ID group into the Patriots sooner but it was delayed because of the French election. “[Marine Le Pen] was forcing everyone to postpone the group creation date,” said an ID official.
Orbán launched the Patriots on June 30 in Vienna, alongside Andrej Babiš’ Czech ANO party and Herbert Kickl’s Austrian FPÖ.
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https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-national-rally-eu-parliament-far-right-patriots-for-europe/
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