13 delegations participated in the Idensity and Democracy (ID) Summit in Florence. The host of the gathering was Matteo Salvini, League leader, presently a associate of the Giorgi Meloni government. Mr Roman Fritz of the Confederation of the Polish Crown represented Poland.
According to ‘Corriere Della Sera’, ‘the criticism of the Union is the most conspicuous feature of the joint 13 delegations’. "A Europe without socialists in power is possible and needed," he said Matteo Salvini. "Today there are Europe's friends in Florence, defending Europe. present in Florence, men and women will defeat the giant who is Europe's first enemy: the Masonic bureaucratic reality [...] We are not afraid," he added. He said that he and his allies search to make the ID the 3rd largest group in the European Parliament after the centre-right European People's organization (EPP) and centre-left Socialists and Democrats.
The ID is now the sixth largest group with 62 seats in the 705-member EU Parliament. Salvini said that in order to break the long-standing Brussels alliance between conservatives, socialists and liberals, after the June elections to the European Parliament, MEPs from the centre-right formations, i.e. the European People's organization (EPP) and the Group of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), should join the anti-Brussels camp. Let us remind you that there is simply a PiS in this last group.
17 speakers spoke in the part of the authoritative summit and spoke Roman Fritz. They besides spoke Ashley St. Clair, American conservative cultural activist; Piero Gattoni, an entrepreneur who opposes EU Green Deal and mayor of the local League and Anna Maria Cisintagainst the Islamisation of Europe.
Co-chairman of the German AfD Party, Tino Chrupalla, voiced against western sanctions against Russia, arguing that they harm the EU economy more than Moscow. ‘Ukraine cannot win this war” – said Chrupalla, which is besides consistent with the position of the Austrian FPÖ party. The liberal press emphasizes that specified a position diverges from what officially says e.g. the Salvini League, but in this case it is forced to participate in the government of Giorgi Meloni, who supports Ukraine. Salvini was attacked a fewer years ago for being a “putin man”.
While searching for a gap throughout, the Politico portal noted that "many leading ID leaders did not participate in the rally, including Wilders, French nationalist Marine Le Pen and Portuguese right-wing MP André Ventura. Left-wing media critics considered their absence to be a disregard for Salvini and a bad omen for the ID election campaign". However, these seem to be wishful thinking. According to the Euractiv portal, the current forecast for the next European Parliament elections in June 2024 suggests that the anti-Brussels right may become at least the 4th largest force of the European Parliament. According to these projections, the EU's right-wing together with the EPP and the Conservative European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) can bring together 344 Euro MPs.
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