Far right, far left in European Parliament miss out on millions because of bureaucracy
Two new factions found creating a European political party an arduous process.
Identity and Democracy
Orbรกn isnโt as isolated as you think
The Hungarian leader has been able to build a coalition of like-minded allies who share his strategic goal โ creating โa Europe of nation states.โ
Von der Leyen is in! Let the fighting over the next European Commission begin.ย
EU leaders will fight back against โtoo powerfulโ von der Leyen as she assembles her team.
The new politics of the Parliamentย
More right-wing, less green โ and less Franco-German power.
How to speak EP
Your guide to the jargon that’s everywhere in Brussels.
Czech party says itโs ready to announce new far-right group in European Parliament
Czech Freedom and Direct Democracy says it will team up with the Alternative for Germany.
Orbรกn and Le Pen form new far-right group โPatriots for Europeโ
A new far-right group, the Patriots for Europe, was formed in the European Parliament on Monday (8 July) after swallowing their predecessor, Identity and Democracy (ID), and unifying enough lawmakers on the right and far-right side to become the third-…
Le Penโs National Rally to take control of far-right Patriots in EU Parliament
The new group, which also includes Viktor Orbรกn’s MEPs, is set to become the third-biggest force in Parliament.
Dutch, Spanish far-right parties to join Orbรกnโs Patriots for Europe
Hungarian leader needs only one more national party for his right-wing alliance to qualify as an official grouping in the European Parliament.
European Parliament, Conservatives and Patriots mark the end of Identity and Democracy
The Identity and Democracy Group no longer has the numbers to constitute itself in the European Parliament, with its members being sucked in by the European Conservatives and Reformists or the new Patriots for Europe.
Patriots for Europe swallows Identity and Democracy: Hereโs whatโs happeningย
Everything indicates the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group is set to collapse in favour of the newly created โPatriots for Europeโ, which aims to gather all radical right forces beyond the Conservatives (ECR) group.
German far-right give up on ID to form own parliamentary group
The German far-right AfD has set its eyes on creating its own parliamentary group, abandoning plans to seek readmission into the Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament.
Rogue Austrian minister burns bridges to save EU nature law
Cue the lawsuits, potential fines, dueling allegations โย and, for Leonore Gewessler, a great campaign ad.
Here comes Europeโs โforeigners out!โ generation: Why the young vote far right
Their grandparents ushered in the sexual revolution. Today’s youth want to turn back the clock to 1950. Why?
Momentum grows for quick von der Leyen deal ahead of Monday summit
EU leaders meet on Monday to discuss top Brussels jobs in the wake of the European election.
France at a crossroads: Is the far right on the verge of power?
Charles de Gaulle famously complained that governing a country with 246 kinds of cheese was all but impossible. Less known is what De Gaulle said just before that: “Only peril can bring the French together”. President Emmanuel Macron had peril on his …
Join forces already, Orbรกn tells Meloni and Le Pen ย
Hungarian leader’s comments come after the French far-right leader pitched a united front to Italy’s prime minister.
The 23 kookiest MEPs heading to the European Parliamentย
We made our own group of the most outlandish MEPs coming to the new European Parliament.
Reintegrating AfD into ID is not on the agenda, says French MEP Garraud
Members of Identity and Democracy group are considering forming a “supergroup” with the European Conservatives and Reformists, aiming to elevate the far-right to the second-largest force in the EU Parliament.
Political future of expelled newly elected Reconquรชte! MEPs in question
Far-right Reconquรชte! party founder Eric Zemmour announced that he had expelled four of his five newly-elected MEPs, casting uncertainty over their political future at the European Parliament.
EU election: Not enough will change โ and thatโs the real problem
The Parliament election is one more shrill alarm bell that needs to be heeded seriously by Europeโs mainstream establishment, and one that should prompt considerable soul-searching.
Romanian far-right party entering EU parliament for the first time eyes ID
The far-right SOS Romania party, founded just three years ago, most closely aligns with the far-right EU group Identity and Democracy (ID), according to Diana ลoศoacฤ, the leader of the party that will send two of Romania’s eight far-right MEPs to the …
AfD will fail in bid to rejoin far-right ID group in EU Parliament, saysย Maximilian Krah
After his ejection from the Alternative for Germany delegation in the European Parliament, the MEP told POLITICO the party should seek to join another far-right group.
Far-right Alternative for Germany ejects Maximilian Krah
Newly elected AfD MEPs voted to exclude from their delegation top candidate Krah, who has been embroiled in multiple scandals.
Austrian far-right to court Le Pen to let AfD back into European party
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPร), which has managed to become the largest political force in the Central European country, is pushing its European political family, the Identity and Democracy (ID), to admit Germany’s scandal-ridden AfD back into…
5 things to know about the EU election results
After 185 million votes in 27 countries, POLITICO brings you up to speed.
Who won, who lost and who cocked up in the EU election
The far right had a good night. Others not so much.
Hungaryโs Viktor Orbรกn stumbles in EU election
In a new rival Peter Magyar, the prime minister’s Fidesz party ‘has a real challenger.’
EU vote humiliates Scholzโs German coalition
European Parliament election rout renews questions about whether Berlin government willย survive.
Macron dissolves parliament after EU defeat, calls election
French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament on Sunday, following his partyโs crushing defeat at the hands of the far-right National Rally in the European election. The first round of the election will take place on June 30. The second will be on July 7. โFrance needs a clear majority in serenity and harmony. To be [โฆ]
Europe swings to the right โ led by France
Center-right and far-right parties are leading the way in the EU election.
First national estimates show far-right gains in Austria, Germany
EU Parliament puts out national estimates for Austria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands.
Europeโs fate is in your hands! Design your own EU Parliament
Can’t wait for the election results? Then form your own parliamentary coalition now!
Revealed: Russiaโs best friends in the EU Parliament
We examined 16 European Parliament resolutions critical of Russia โ and identified EU lawmakers who have consistently shown their true colors.
As the far right surges, Europe heads toward its Donald Trump momentย
If the polls are correct, this weekโs European Parliament election will reorder the Continentโs political landscape.
Europeโs democratic charade
Prepare for postelection negotiations changing the European Parliament just as much as voter choices.
By the numbers: How politicians have advertised online for the European election
Among the biggest spenders is Hungarian PM Viktor Orbรกnโs Fidesz party.
The AfDโs obsession with the Third Reich is driving a realignment of Europeโs far right | Mariam Lau
Marine Le Penโs rupture with her German allies reveals a tactical fault line between the โoldโ right and the โnewโMomentous change is afoot within Europeโs far right. Just as voters across 27 countries prepare to go to the polls in EU elections, a spli…
Orbรกn urges Meloni, Le Pen to team up and create right-wing EU super group
It’s time to “reshape” the European right, said Hungarian prime minister.
Spainโs VOX says a big far-right alliance in EU parliament โvery difficultโ
An alliance between the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament and Marine Le Penโs far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group or the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is โvery difficultโ, Jorge Buxadรฉ, the …
Far-right MEPs set to outnumber EPP in next Parliament
Fragmented extremist forces are seen as unlikely to unite into a single political bloc, however.
The Guardian view on Macron, Scholz and Europeโs future: a question of ambition | Editorial
On a state visit to Germany, the French president called for an EU reset to combat the threat of the radical right. He should be listened toAhead of the most consequential European elections of recent times, the signs of a significant rightward shift a…
A Meloni-Le Pen super group? Not so fast
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is keeping her options open ahead of EU election.
A beginnerโs guide to the EU election
373 million voters are eligible to choose 720 MEPs in the Brussels bubble. This is how the election works and why it matters.
Le Pen to Meloni: Letโs team up and form EU Parliamentโs No. 2 group
The far right is projected to perform well in next week’s EU election, but is politically fragmented.
How strong is the far right now that Alternative for Germany MEPs are out of ID?
Add together the projected totals for all the right-wing forces and it comes to a lot of MEPs.
German AfD expulsion opens Pandoraโs Box in EUย politics
With the expulsion of the AfD, the far-right Identity and Democracy party got rid of one of its most controversial members in order not to lose its appeal to voters ahead of the European elections but is still far from being considered a potential part…
Polish PiS MEP says ECR collaboration with EPP, ID possible
Poland’s conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) has nothing against Hungary’s Fidesz joining the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), MEP Zdzisลaw Krasnodฤbski told Euractiv Poland, adding that he could imagine the ECR working with both the E…
Mapped: Europeโs rapidly rising right
Hard-right forces are gaining ground ahead of next monthโs European Parliament election.
What happens if you are too far-right for the far right?
Maximilian Krah was the only person making an effort, and now he’s no longer campaigning in the EU election.
EUโs far-right parties expel Germanyโs AfD from their group
ID group of populist parties cuts off Alternative fรผr Deutschland after its candidateโs comments that SS were โnot all criminalsโThe far-right German party Alternative fรผr Deutschland (AfD) has been expelled from its pan-European parliamentary group af…
Far-right group at European Parliament expels Germanyโs AfD over Nazi comments
The European Parliament’s far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group expelled the Alternative for Germany (AfD) delegation on Thursday, less than a month before elections to the assembly.
Far-right ID group expels Alternative for Germany
The AfD has been hit by scandals, including potential connections to China and Russia.
Alternative for Germany MEPs make last-ditch effort to avoid being kicked out of far-right EU Parliament group
The ID groupโs executive committee is expected to formally eject the AfD delegation on Friday.
German far-rightโs Maximilian Krah to stop campaigning in EU election
MEP’s decision comes hours after France’s National Rally said it wouldn’t sit with Alternative for Germany in the EU Parliament.
French RN breaks with German AfD
Rassemblement Nationalโs (RN) President Jordan Bardella announced on Tuesday that the party will end the alliance with his German counterpart Alternative for Germany (AfD), a fellow member of the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group.
Franceโs National Rally wonโt sit with Alternative for Germany in EU Parliament
The French far-right party did not specify what this means for future in the ID group in the EU Parliament.
New Dutch government drives wedge through EU liberals
Valรฉrie Hayer, the leading candidate for Emmanuel Macron’s party in France, slammed decision by Mark Rutte’s party to join Geert Wilders.
How Geert Wilders turned all corners of Dutch society into far right voters
The taboo of voting for populist, anti-immigration parties is fading.
Socialists to Ursula von der Leyenโs conservatives: Donโt work with far right
Call follows European Commission chief’s declaration she is open to a deal with the right-wing ECR group.
Von der Leyen opens the door to Europeโs hard right
In POLITICO election debate, Commission president gambles on an offer for Giorgia Meloni’s allies.
Von der Leyen: โCompletely unacceptableโ for Israel to attack Rafah
Commission chief said she had visited Rafah and found the situation โunbearableโ and โunacceptable.โ
Von der Leyen opens door to hard-right tie-up
Commission president appears willing to work with the European Conservatives and Reformists.
Europe live: Ursula von der Leyen accused of watering down green deal for farmers in European Commission presidential debate
Ursula von der Leyen takes part alongside representatives from seven other parties as EU gears up for European parliament electionsThe far-right Identity and Democracyโs representative, Anders Vistisen, wrote on social media ahead of the debate:โThe en…
Thereโs a hard-right tidal wave about to hit Europe โ and it will only make the economic crisis worse | Gordon Brown
Near-zero growth has crushed living standards, sending voters to populist demagogues. But they have no solutions to offerBy the time of the European parliament elections in June, this yearโs rightward ebb in European politics will have turned into a ti…
Call me Ursula. Von der Leyen rebranded ahead of elections
Commission President’s team wants you to get to know the person behind the office.
Right-wing bloc votes against bid to make anti-harassment training mandatory in Parliament
The centre-right European Peopleโs Party (EPP), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Identity and Democracy (ID) groups at the European Parliament voted against a proposal to introduce mandatory anti-harassment training for parliamen…
Rise of the far right keeps EU lawmakers up at night
… unless they’re from the far right!
The European Parliament by the numbers
A look at the data from a very eventful Parliamentary term.
Biggest loser
Marcel de Graaff
Everything you need to know about Brusselsโ most controversial conference
Far-right leaders from across Europe will gather in Brussels today for the National Conservatism Conference after the event was evacuated by the police on Tuesday following a shut-down order by the socialist mayor of Saint Josse.
EU political parties promise to steer clear of deepfakes ahead of election
The voluntary EU code of conduct includes a promise to not produce, use or disseminate “any form of deceptive content.”
On holiday with Europeโs right-wingers
Hundreds of European conservatives gathered in Cyprus for a “cultural weekend” that mixed policy discussions, networking and time away from the bureaucratic machine.
Mainstream Europarties should spurn radical populists
When it comes to EU-level politics, mainstream voters strongly disapprove of their parties partnering with radicals and would-be autocrats.
Can anything stop the rise of the French far-right leader Jordan Bardella?
Pro-Macron officials are struggling to find an effective way to break the momentum of the charismatic 28-year-old as European elections tick closer.
Fears of womenโs rights in peril if far right surges in EU election
“It’s hard to be a woman in politics,” said Jรฉromine Andolfatto, policy and campaign officer at the European Women’s Lobby.
Von der Leyen launches EU campaign by slamming Marine Le Penโs party as โPutinโs friendsโ
French National Rally “are friends of Putin so you cannot rely on them” says European Commission chief.
Future of far-right group in EU Parliament threatened by Franco-German rift
Rifts between the two major far-right players of the European Parliament, Germanyโs AfD and Le Penโs Rassemblement National, are deepening, threatening their European unity and the future of their common parliamentary group โ the ID.
Ghosts of EUโs rightward future haunt nature law fightย
Europeโs conservatives lost their battle against an environmental bill. But after the EU elections, they may win the war.ย
EU nature law survives conservative backlash in final Parliament vote
MEPs narrowly vote to back contentious Green Deal legislation, inching it closer to finish line.
Third timeโs a charm? Right-wing takes another stab at killing EU nature law
Both the liberal and center-right groups remain divided on the file, making Tuesday’s vote precarious.
Far-right AfD moves to make amends with Le Pen
The French far-right leader has tried to distance herself from Germany’s AfD following revelations of a clandestine extremist meeting.
Bulgarian pro-Putin party announces joining EU far right group after Moscow visit
Far-right pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane has joined the far-right Identity and Democracy group in the European Parliament, deputies from the Eurosceptic Bulgarian party announced on Wednesday after visiting Moscow at the invitation of Vladimir Putinโs U…
The Brief โ EU far-right, rightly incapable of having a manifesto
All European political parties have been drafting EU election manifestos these days and, with or without disagreements, will soon come up with an election plan, except for the far-right Identity and Democracy, which will rely on a vague two-page declar…
EU backs tough new migration rules, shifting right
The pact is seen by NGOs as pandering to the far-right.
Franceโs right-wing star joins forces with Italyโs Giorgia Meloni in EU Parliament
In a sign of EU Parliament’s rightward tilt, Marion Marรฉchal’s party has entered the Italian and Polish-led conservative group.
Zemmourโs party joins ECR to boost grand right-wing coalition
The Reconquรชte! party of French far-right leader Eric Zemmour has joined the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament in a bid to strengthen the right-wing camp after the EU elections in June.
European Parliament elections could usher in ‘more climate sceptic majority’, expert says
Ahead of European Parliament elections in June, should the bloc be preparing for a sharp turn to the right? And if so, what does that mean for European policy, and by extension, European unity? Simon Hix, Professor at the European University Institute…
Ursula von der Leyen scraps pesticide reduction bill, in gift to farmersย
The European Parliament already rejected the contentious text, which the Commission President described as a “worthy aim.”
Far-right ID party faces unity test as it scrambles to get a seat at the table
The far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) party, recently plagued by major infighting, is looking to patch up the bonds between its national parties in preparation for a European Parliament that will likely veer to the right following the EU elections.
This time, the far-right threat is real
The next EU Parliament looks more pro-Russian and less green than the current one. Could a far-right EU really happen?
Far-right ID group invites Orbรกnโs Fidesz to join their ranks
With the European election rapidly approaching, the far-right Identity & Democracy (ID) group has opened their arms for Viktor Orbรกnโs Fidesz party to join the group, its Vice-President Gunnar Beck told Euractiv in an interview.
EU mulls โIndustrialโ twin for Green Deal as election pressure bites
A business-friendly ‘Industrial Deal’ is gaining adherents as EU election approaches and anxiety over climate policy rises.
EU election forecast: Far-right consolidates third position, Italyโs left gains ground
Far-right Identity and Democracy Group (ID) and conservative European Conservatives and Reformists party (ECR) come third and fourth, respectively, in voting intention, and the right-wing bloc holds on to a blocking majority, while Fratelli dโItalia lo…
South Africaโs genocide case against Israel lays bare Europeโs feeble power
Divisions on the conflict in the Middle East come as Europe was already grappling with an emerging far-right sentiment.
Europeโs far right flexes anti-Brussels muscles as it opens EU campaign
Anti-EU hardliners gathered in Florence to kick off their 2024 election drive.
Euroskeptics cheer shock Wilders win in Dutch election
‘More and more countries within the European Union are contesting the way it works,’ French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen says.
EU nature law fight ends in pyrrhic victory for Green Deal defenders
The final text includes major concessions to conservative lawmakers, weakening key parts of the legislation.
A (far) right mess! EU extremist party fined for admin snafu
Keeping a former board member’s name on the website proved costly for the Identity and Democracy Party.
Hard-right forces eye top EU jobs as Poland heads to the polls
Europe’s hard right is seeking high-ranking positions in the European Commission as itโs set to become the third-largest force in the European Parliament.