Madrid: European far right shows once again its divisions

Only nine parties signed the final declaration. Marine Le Pen has stepped away from the passage of the text criticizing the Russian military maneuvers.

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Less than two months after their last meeting, on December 4, 2021 in Warsaw, and six months after the joint declaration signed in July 2021, presented as “the first stone” of a “Grand Alliance to the European Parliament”, the European parties sovereignists and extreme right have found themselves again this Saturday, January 29, in Madrid. A little less numerous and a little more divided.

During this new “summit”, called “Defending Europe”, the host of which was the Spanish Vox, the first Hungarian ministers, Viktor Orban, and Polish, Mateusz Morawiecki, had made the trip, everything As the leader of the national rally, Marine Le Pen, or the presidents of the Austrian FPÖ and Vlaams Belang Flemish. In total, eleven parties, which were added Italian MEPs of the League and Fratelli of Italia (neofascist). And what is due to the threats of sanctions of the European Union (EU) who live on them or their exposure to the Ukrainian crisis, Warsaw and Budapest have been at the center of the debates.

“We denounce the politically motivated attacks of Brussels against Poland and Hungary, which demonstrate full contempt of the fundamental principles of the EU and violate the spirit of treaties,” can one read in the final joint declaration, With reference to the threat of the EU to block the funds of the European stimulus plan if these countries do not respect the principles of the rule of law. “We have to cooperate and unite forces to protect Europe with imposed ideologies and anti-democratic drift that lead to its loss,” continues the text.

Thursday, January 20, the Community Executive announced that it has claimed the Government of Morteusz Morawiecki the payment of 69 million euros of penalties for failing to terminate the activities of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, like the had requested the EU Court of Justice on July 14, 2021. “The decisions that will be taken by the European authorities against Poland and Hungary must mobilize all of our energy and our indignation, has brought M me Le Pen in front of the press. Today, it’s them. Tomorrow, it can be us. “

Ukraine,” A very important question “for Orban

On the other hand, the latter did not want to sign the paragraph referring to the Ukrainian crisis. “The military actions of Russia on the eastern border of Europe have led us at the edge of the war,” concluded the passage in question, read by the European deputy of Vox Jorge Buxadé. “Solidarity, Defense determination and cooperation between the nations of Europe are necessary in the face of such threats” and in the face of “the inefficiency of the Union’s diplomacy”, continued the text.

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