“Movement” to boost EU’s far-right

Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon plans to use
a Brussels-based foundation named The Movement to support populist far-right parties in next spring’s European Parliament elections

The Movement: Founded in 2017 by Mischaël Modrikamen, Brussels lawyer, and leader of small right-wing
Popular Party

Steve Bannon: Believes The Movement can unite populist parties and create “supergroup” of right-wingers to win as many as 250 seats in European Parliament

Laure Ferrari: Aide to British MEP Nigel Farage (below) and director of The Movement with Modrikamen and his wife

European Parliament: Parties grouped around Farage and Marine Le Pen (left) control 81 MEPs in 751-seat legislature

ENF: Nine parties include Le Pen’s National Rally, MEPs Austrian and Dutch 36 Freedom Parties, Belgian Vlaams Belang and Italian League

EFD2: 11 parties including UK Independence Party, Italy’s Five Star Movement, France’s Patriots and Alternative for Germany

Other populist party MEPs in Parliament

MEPs 45

2 Sweden Democrats
3 Hungary Jobbik 
4 Danish People’s Party 
5 Spain Podemos
6 Greece Syriza 
2 Greece Golden Dawn


Sources: Politico, Reuters Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images, Wikipedia 
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