Post by Jaga on Dec 4, 2021 11:44:08 GMT -7
this is scary
www.euronews.com/2021/12/04/europe-s-nationalist-leaders-meet-in-warsaw-in-bid-to-change-politics-of-brussels
Leaders of European nationalist parties on Saturday vowed to align their votes on sovereignty and immigration issues in the European Parliament but fell short of creating a formal alliance at a conference in Warsaw.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and the host, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of Poland's ruling right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party were among the leaders at the talks.
In a joint statement, they rejected the notion of "a Europe governed by a self-appointed elite" and said that "only the sovereign institutions of the states have full democratic legitimacy".
"The participants also discussed closer cooperation of their respective parties in the European Parliament," the statement said.
This would include "organising joint meetings and aligning the votes on common issues, such as protection of sovereignty of the member states and the stance on illegal immigration," it added.
'We want to change the politics of Brussels'
The meeting aimed to bring change to the European Union, which nationalist and populist parties accuse of undermining sovereign nation-states.
"We want to change the politics of Brussels," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote on Facebook ahead of Saturday's meeting.
www.euronews.com/2021/12/04/europe-s-nationalist-leaders-meet-in-warsaw-in-bid-to-change-politics-of-brussels
Leaders of European nationalist parties on Saturday vowed to align their votes on sovereignty and immigration issues in the European Parliament but fell short of creating a formal alliance at a conference in Warsaw.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and the host, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of Poland's ruling right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party were among the leaders at the talks.
In a joint statement, they rejected the notion of "a Europe governed by a self-appointed elite" and said that "only the sovereign institutions of the states have full democratic legitimacy".
"The participants also discussed closer cooperation of their respective parties in the European Parliament," the statement said.
This would include "organising joint meetings and aligning the votes on common issues, such as protection of sovereignty of the member states and the stance on illegal immigration," it added.
'We want to change the politics of Brussels'
The meeting aimed to bring change to the European Union, which nationalist and populist parties accuse of undermining sovereign nation-states.
"We want to change the politics of Brussels," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote on Facebook ahead of Saturday's meeting.