Europe’s far-right parties form international alliance
Is this a worrying devlopment?
BUDAPEST (JTA) — An international political alliance grouping the principal radical national movements of the European Union has been formed.
Gábor Vona, leader of Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party, made the announcement Saturday in Budapest.
These far-right parties have made substantial gains in recent European elections by exploiting the rise of anti-Semitism in a climate of economic insecurity generated by the recession.
Their so-called Alliance of European Nationalist Movements will be registered either in Brussels or Luxembourg, Vona said during weekend celebrations honoring the anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet rule.
The group’s founding members are the National Front of Belgium, the National Democratic Party of Sweden, the French Front National and the Italian Fiamma Tricolore, as well as Jobbik. But Vona added that negotiations were progressing with several other prospective members including like-minded parties in Austria, Britain, Spain and Portugal.
A nine-point declaration signed by the founders reject any initiative in support of a federal Europe. It also calls for protection against “religious, political, economic or financial imperialism.”
Jobbik party activists were highly visible at many Hungarian celebrations marking the failed revolution, donning the uniforms of the banned paramilitary National Guard and the recently formed Guard Gendarmerie. Both these organizations are modeled on military forces that murdered thousands of Jews during World War II.
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