After weeks of speculation, Orbán, FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl and the ANO’s Andrej Babiš formally unveiled the new group on Sunday, which they said aimed to be “the strongest right-wing group in European politics.”
“European people want three things: peace, order and development,” Orbán wrote on X. “All they get from the current Brussels elite is war, migration and stagnation.”
Chega’s move to join Patriots of Europe is a godsend for the group: While its three founding parties have more than the 23 members required to form a new parliamentary group in the parliament, the assembly’s rules also require them to be from at least a quarter of the bloc’s 27 member countries.
With the addition of the Portuguese MEPs, Orbán’s group needs to source members from just three other states in order to be recognized as a political group within the Parliament.
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Publish date : 2024-07-01 09:58:00
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