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European Alliance of People and Nations
Founded8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)
IdeologyNationalism
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
European Parliament
32 / 751
European Council
0 / 28
European Lower Houses
385 / 9,874
European Upper Houses
77 / 2,714

The European Alliance of People and Nations (EAPN) is a coalition of and right-wing parties formed to contest the 2019 European Parliamentary elections[1] and, subsequently, to form a joint group in the European Parliament.

The alliance seeks to "go beyond" the Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) parliamentary group.[2] According to Marine Le Pen, leader of the French National Rally, ENF members "have mandated Matteo Salvini [...] to try to build this very big group of the Defence of European Nations" in the European parliament and "want to go further and get the group which is the biggest, the strongest possible".[3] To this extent, the EAPN is recruiting parties which have been members of other parliamentary groups, especially the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD).

The EAPN was announced on 8 April 2019 by Italy's Northern League leader Matteo Salvini, Alternative for Germany leader Jörg Meuthen, the Danish People's Party's Anders Vistisen and the Finns Party's Olli Kotro, during a convention hosted by Salvini in Milan.[1] Subsequently, the National Rally,[3] the Vlaams Belang[4] and the Freedom Party of Austria,[5][6][7] all three ENF members, announced their intention to join. Slovakia's We Are Family, the Slovenian National Party and the Conservative People's Party of Estonia also declared their intention to join; neither of the three parties has any MEPs, and therefore no European Parliament political group.[8][9]

Member parties

Country Party Native name Abbr. Ideology Position Political group
in 2014–2019 term 		European Parliament National lower houses Government
 Austria Freedom Party of Austria German: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs FPÖ National conservatism Right-wing ENF
4 / 18
51 / 183
 Government
 Belgium Flemish Interest Dutch: Vlaams Belang VB Flemish nationalism Right-wing ENF
1 / 21
3 / 150
 Opposition
 Denmark Danish People's Party Danish: Dansk Folkeparti DF National conservatism Right-wing ECR
3 / 13
37 / 179
 External support
 Estonia Conservative People's Party of Estonia Estonian: Eesti Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond EKRE National conservatism Right-wing none
0 / 6
19 / 101
 Parliament approved
a government involvement
 Finland Finns Party Finnish: Perussuomalaiset
Swedish: Sannfinländarna 		PS Finnish nationalism Right-wing ECR
2 / 13
39 / 200
 TBD
 France National Rally French: Rassemblement national RN French nationalism Right-wing ENF
15 / 74
7 / 577
 Opposition
 Germany Alternative for Germany German: Alternative für Deutschland AfD German nationalism Right-wing EFDD
1 / 96
91 / 709
 Opposition
 Italy League Italian: Lega Lega Right-wing populism Right-wing ENF
6 / 73
123 / 630
 Government
 Slovakia We Are Family Slovak: Sme Rodina SR Slovak nationalism Right-wing none
0 / 14
11 / 150
 Opposition
 Slovenia Slovenian National Party Slovene: Slovenska Nacionalna Stranka SNS Slovenian nationalism Right-wing none
0 / 7
4 / 90
 Opposition

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "European nationalists form alliance for elections". 8 April 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
  2. ^ Baume, Maïa de La (8 April 2019). "Salvini aims high with populist alliance for Europe". POLITICO.
  3. ^ a b "French right-winger Le Pen wants Italy's Salvini to form populist EU group". Independent.ie.
  4. ^ "Lega en AfD starten nieuwe eurosceptische fractie, ook Vlaams Belang doet mee". De Standaard.
  5. ^ "Freedom Party Of Austria Wants To Join Newly-Created EAPN Alliance - Secretary General". Urdupoint. 9 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Austrian far-right party to join Salvini's EU election alliance". Politico. 9 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Kollárovci sa pridali k európskemu extrému, možní domáci spojenci s tým majú problém". Dennik N. 11 April 2019.
  8. ^ "EKRE poised to join proposed right-wing European parliamentary group". Eesti Rahvusringhääling. 11 April 2019.
  9. ^ https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1119321942765518848
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