Bardella to lead European far-right group

The leader of France’s far-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, will head a new right-wing grouping, Patriots for Europe, which has become the third-largest force in the European Parliament


PATRIOTS FOR EUROPE: Founded by Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán (1), led by Bardella (2), and comprising far-right parties from 12 countries, such as Italy’s League party of Matteo Salvini (3), Dutch PVV of Geert Wilders and Spain’s Vox
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PATRIOTS’ MEMBERS 84

RN France	30 
Fidesz Hungary 	11
League Italy	8
ANO Czech Rep	7
FPÖ Austria	6
Vox Spain	6
PVV Netherlands 6
Others*
  

720 seats
The Left					46
Socialists & Democrats				136
Greens/European Free Alliance			53
Renew Europe					76
European People’s Party (EPP)			188
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)	78
Patriots for Europe				84 
Non aligned   					27  
Others						32
 

Notable absentees from Patriots for Europe are Brothers of Italy (FdI) party of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (left), which belongs to ECR, and German Alternative for Germany (AfD), which has been politically homeless following string of scandals earlier this year


*From Belgium, Portugal, Czech Rep., Greece, Latvia and Denmark 

Sources: Reuters, BBC, European Parliament 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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