Harald Vilimsky Becomes Vice President of the "Patriots for Europe" Faction in the EU Parliament

PeoplePoliticians ♦ Published: July 9, 2024; 15:57 ♦ (Vindobona)

On July 8, 2024, the new faction "Patriots for Europe" was founded in the European Parliament. With 84 members from twelve countries, this group represents the third-largest faction and is led by Jordan Bardella, the chairman of the French Rassemblement National (RN).

Le Pen's party takes the lead of the "Patriots for Europe" in Strasbourg and includes members of Orbán's, Wilders', Lega's, and FPÖ's parties. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons; Diliff, CC BY 3.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en)

Harald Vilimsky, head of the FPÖ delegation in the EU Parliament and one of the vice presidents of the new faction, described the founding as a "new era of patriotic European politics." He emphasized that the "Patriots for Europe" sent a strong signal against EU centralism and pursued policies for the nations and peoples of Europe. The founding is based on lengthy negotiations in which…