The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascalwas named party president Patriots for Europethe new European alliance promoted by Viktor Orbanwith Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini and other European right-wing sovereignist groups. The nomination took place at a meeting this afternoon in Paris between the national leaders of the third largest parliamentary force in Europe – 86 MEPs from 13 countries – and the vote of more than 19 million Europeans. From now on, Abascal will assume the role of spokesperson for the European Trumpist current.
Its leaders include the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban; the president of VOX, Santiago Abascal; the leader of the National Group, Jordan Bardellapresident of the group in the European Parliament, leader (and former presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen); former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrei Babis; the leader of the PVV of the Netherlands, Geert Wildersand the president of CHEGA, Andre Ventura. All insist on the need to “fight” the elites who “still do not understand the desires of Europeans”, and on “the defense of the sovereignty of nations, security, safe and secure borders, the family and true roots of Europe and the West.
Patriotas directly rejects “the decisions of bureaucrats which ignore the interests of Europeans and the sovereignty of democratically elected national governments. “We are acting for our country. We are patriots”, reiterates the group, before insisting that “Europe must not submit to globalist interests“But always work to strengthen their nations, meet the needs of their citizens and a Union made up of sovereign, strong and free nations,” they emphasize.
While it remains to be seen what benefits this will bring Abascal on the national stage, his international profile will soar and he will be able to boast of his influence amid Washington’s planned geopolitical council reconfiguration. It is also a critical moment for European governance, as shown by the tense negotiations to confirm Ursula von der Leyen’s new Commission, with an EPP tempted to lean to the right compared to the traditional alliance with the social democrats. and the liberals.
As Vox explains in a press release, the Patriotas group is configured as a ““fundamental political actor” on the European scene and the party is faced with the challenge of consolidating this alternative majority to the traditional coalition of socialists and popularists.
It is not for nothing, underlines Vox, that “four of the parties integrated into Patriots for Europe are the winners of the European elections in four Member States: France, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
The Spanish party emphasizes that Abascal maintains “excellent relations” with other parties and leaders of the American continent which, in its opinion, “will greatly facilitate the lines of common work in the defense of the sovereignty and prosperity of nations , mutual respect and the defense of freedom.
