Less than two months following their last meeting, on December 4, 2021 in Warsaw, and six months following the joint declaration signed in July 2021, presented as “the first stone” of one “great alliance in the European Parliament”, the European sovereigntist and far-right parties met once more this Saturday, January 29, in Madrid. A little less numerous and a little more divided.
During this new “summit”, called “Defending Europe”, hosted by the Spanish ultranationalist party Vox, the Hungarian Prime Ministers, Viktor Orban, and Polish, Mateusz Morawiecki, had made the trip, as had the leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, or even the presidents of the Austrian FPÖ and the Flemish Vlaams Belang. In total, eleven party leaders, to which were added Italian MEPs from the League and Fratelli d’Italia (neo-fascists). And whether it is because of the threats of sanctions from the European Union (EU) hanging over them or their exposure to the Ukrainian crisis, Warsaw and Budapest have been at the center of the debates.
“We denounce the politically motivated attacks by Brussels once morest Poland and Hungary, which demonstrate a total disregard for the fundamental principles of the EU and violate the spirit of the Treaties”, can we read in the final joint declaration, in reference to the threat of the EU to block the funds of the European recovery plan if these countries do not respect the principles of the rule of law. “We must cooperate and join forces to protect Europe from imposed ideologies and the anti-democratic drift that lead to its loss”, continues the text.
Thursday, January 20, the community executive announced that it had demanded from the government of Mateusz Morawiecki the payment of 69 million euros in penalties for not having put an end to the activities of the disciplinary chamber of the Supreme Court, as requested by the Court of Justice of the EU, July 14, 2021. “The decisions that will be taken by the European authorities once morest Poland and Hungary must mobilize all of our energy and our indignation, added Mme Le Pen in front of the press. Today it’s them. Tomorrow it might be us. »
Ukraine, “a very important question” for Orban
On the other hand, she did not want to sign the paragraph mentioning the Ukrainian crisis. “Russia’s military actions on Europe’s eastern border have brought us to the brink of war”, concluded the passage in question, read by Vox MEP Jorge Buxadé. ” Solidarity, determination and defense cooperation among the nations of Europe are needed in the face of such threats.” and facing “the ineffectiveness of the Union’s diplomacy”, continued the text.
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