DAR AL HARB-E.U.: EUROPE'S "FAR RIGHT" PARTIES SHOW A UNITED FRONT

Europe’s far-right unveils united bloc

BRUSSELS: Europe’s anti-immigrant parties yesterday unveiled a far-right bloc, boosting the influence of politicians like France’s Jean-Marie Le Pen and the grand-daughter of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

Dubbed “Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty”, the European Parliament political group draws together nationalist and euro-sceptic deputies, but also includes lawmakers accused of anti-Semitism or questioning the Holocaust.

Announcing its imminent formation at a press conference in Brussels, group chairman Bruno Gollnisch, a member of France’s National Front, slammed claims that the bloc would be a bunch of hooligans.

“I don’t know where the hooligans are. I can’t see any,” he told reporters, and listed the 20 deputies slated to join as a mix of business leaders, medical experts, university professors, journalists and an artist.

By forming a far-right political group - the first in the European assembly for more than a decade - the lawmakers will secure access to EU funds and a seat on the parliament’s conference of presidents.

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