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In the wake of the recent European Parliament elections, Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini’s MEPs have teamed up with other nationalist parties across the EU to form the biggest far-right group in the European Parliament. The alliance unveiled its new name on Thursday: “Identity and Democracy” (ID), Euronews reports:
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It brings together Eurosceptic and nationalist parties from around the bloc and aims to bring power from Brussels back to member states. It includes Le Pen’s National Rally, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini’s League party and Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD), along with nationalists from Austria, Finland and Denmark, among others. It will hold 73 of the 751 seats in the newly elected Parliament, in fifth place just behind the Greens. It replaces the Europe of Nations and Freedom group, which held 36 seats in the last EU legislature.
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