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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFar-right leaders from France and the Netherlands 'forge plan to 'wreck' EU from within'.
Geert Wilders (right) and Marine Le Pen unveil plans to work together ahead of European parliamentary elections in May
Two of Europe's leading far-right populists struck a pact on Wednesday to build a continental alliance to wreck the European parliament from within, and slay "the monster in Brussels".
Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's rightwing nationalist Front National, and Geert Wilders, the Dutch maverick anti-Islam campaigner, announced they were joining forces ahead of European parliament elections next year.
There are also several major policy differences that Wilders and Le Pen appeared to be burying on Wednesday which are likely to resurface. Coming from the Dutch libertarian tradition, Wilders is strongly pro-Israel, pro-gay, pro-women's rights. The Front National is seen as homophobic, anti-gay marriage, and no friend of Israel.
The two big policy areas they have in common are anti-immigration and anti-EU. They have ruled out collaborating with more overtly fascistic parties such as Golden Dawn in Greece and Jobbik in Hungary.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/13/le-pen-wilders-alliance-plan-wreck-eu
This should be interesting. One right wing leader is pro-gay, pro-women's rights and pro-Israel; the other is homophobic, anti-gay marriage and anti-Israel. The only things they agree on are not liking immigrants and wanting 'freedom' from the EU.
They want right wing leaders from the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Austria, among others, to join them. Maybe they should invite Bachmann and other tea partiers who share their distaste for immigrants and want 'freedom' from our own 'big' government.
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Far-right leaders from France and the Netherlands 'forge plan to 'wreck' EU from within'. (Original Post)
pampango
Nov 2013
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Notice it's always far right nut jobs trying to destroy institutions from within
Pretzel_Warrior
Nov 2013
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Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)1. Notice it's always far right nut jobs trying to destroy institutions from within
They want to destroy governments from within. They want to destroy NATO, EU, UN. Stupid regressive fuckers.
Not coincidentally, most of the far right around the world wrap themselves in the flag and profess some religious faith and are racist bigots.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)2. The far right seems to have a worldwide plan
It cant be a coincidence this is happening here in the US and in Europe at the same time.