Fidesz and allies open a joint office in Brussels

This declaration is about the future of the EU, and the protection of nations, families, and traditional Christian values.

Participants had already begun discussions on closer cooperation in the European Parliament then, but the latest announcement is the first tangible result.

No details have been announced yet on institutionalized cooperation and the formation of a European party family and EP group.

Last March, Fidesz left the increasingly leftist European People’s Party; therefore, they will seek out a new party family in the EP to better represent its interests.

In the modern world there is no need for a “brick and mortar” institution to bring to life some sort of permanent mechanism for cooperation

– said Marek Kuchinski, Marshal of the Polish Sejm and Law and Justice politician, in answer to Magyar Nemzet’s question on whether these negotiations so far have had any tangible results. Marine Le Pen answered this same question by saying “This could turn into a party, but the foremost goal is to unite patriotic leaders. This kind of cooperation would be a true revolution in the European Parliament.” Tom Van Grieken told our paper that, “We are working this out step-by-step. I think it would be a mistake on the part of the right-wing parties involved to rush things.”

Among the 16 parties that signed the joint statement last year, they have a combined 113 MEPs in the 705-strong European Parliament, making them the third strongest group if they join forces. Granted, it is not certain whether the Italian Brothers of Italy and Lega Nord parties will join the alliance. However, even more right-wing parties may join: the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania and Slovenian Democratic Party – both in the EPP – also have close ties to Fidesz.

Photo: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Santiago Abascal, president of the Spanish right-wing Vox party, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Marine Le Pen, leader and presidential candidate of the French opposition National Conservative Party at the European Conservative Party Plenary in Madrid on 29 January 2022 (Photo: MTI / Prime Minister's Press Office / Zoltán Fischer)