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European Alliance for Freedom

April 09, 2024

Not to be confused with European Free Alliance.

The European Alliance for Freedom (EAF) was a pan-European political party of right-wing Eurosceptics. It was founded in late 2010, the party was recognised by the European Parliament in 2011.[7] It did not seek registration as a political party with the new Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations in 2016 and was dissolved in the following.

European Alliance for Freedom
PresidentFranz Obermayr
Vice PresidentPhilip Claeys;
Marine Le Pen
General SecretarySharon Ellul-Bonici
Founded2010
Dissolved2016
HeadquartersBirkirkara, Malta[1]
Think tankEuropean Foundation for Freedom
Youth wingYoung European Alliance for Hope (YEAH)[2]
IdeologySouverainism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
Nationalism
Political positionRight-wing[3] to far-right[4][5][6]
International affiliationNone
European Parliament groupEurope of Nations and Freedom
Colours  Blue
Website
www.eurallfree.org

Unlike most other pan-European parties, the members of the Alliance were not national parties but individuals. The head office of the Alliance was in Brussels, Belgium, and its registered office was in Birkirkara, Malta. Franz Obermayr from Austria has been the president of the organisation since November 2012, succeeding founding chairman Godfrey Bloom from the United Kingdom. His vice presidents are the Belgian Philip Claeys and the French Marine Le Pen.[8] The secretary-general is Sharon Ellul-Bonici from Malta.[9]

The EAF was awarded a grant by European Parliament for 2011 of, at most, €372,753.[7] In 2012 the EP's maximal grant dropped to €360,455.[1] The party's affiliated political foundation is the European Foundation for Freedom.[10]

2014 European Parliament election edit

Ahead of the 2014 European Parliament election, it was suggested that EAF members might form a parliamentary group of their own after the elections. The group was reported to have the support of the French National Front (FN), the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), the Flemish Vlaams Belang (VB), the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), the Sweden Democrats (SD), the Slovak National Party and the Italian Northern League (LN). The Danish People's Party, UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Alternative for Germany refused to join the new alliance, while the more radical and anti-Semitic European nationalist parties such as National Democratic Party of Germany, the British National Party, Greek Golden Dawn and Hungarian Jobbik were not permitted to.[11][12][13][14] Some media reports referred to the proposed group as the "Le Pen–Wilders alliance".[6][15][16][17] In the election, the French FN performed very strongly, winning 24 seats, while the Slovak National Party failed to win a seat and the Sweden Democrats abstained from the alliance (instead joining Europe of Freedom and Democracy), leaving the FN, PVV, LN, FPÖ and VB as the only EAF member parties.

On 28 May, three days after the end of the elections, Le Pen, Wilders, Matteo Salvini (LN), Harald Vilimsky (FPÖ) and Gerolf Annemans (VB) appeared at a press conference in Brussels, claiming to be confident to find enough allies for forming a new group soon.[18][19] News media reported about a competition between the proposed EAF group led by Le Pen and the existing Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group led by Nigel Farage of UKIP, both trying to win over support from newly represented Eurosceptic, right-wing and populist parties from different countries. While the FN and Wilders preferred to form one large group, including UKIP, the British Eurosceptics decidedly rejected the idea, branding Le Pen's party as too extreme.[20][21][22] Eventually, with MEPs from only five different member states, the proposed EAF group fell short of the parliament's requirement of seven member states to be represented in each group. Instead, their MEPs have continued to sit as Non-Inscrits.[17][23][24]

Structure edit

President edit

Vice president edit

General Secretary edit

Former members edit

Former members of the European Parliament edit

Former board members and other members edit

1 Morvai is associated with Jobbik while not being a formal member. She quit in July 2011, citing differences with the FPÖ.[37]
2 Paksas and Imbrasas later joined the Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy (MELD)
3 Left to form Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom (MENL)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004-2012 March 2012, European Parliament. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  2. ^ Bell, Bethany (4 April 2014), Far-right youth movement seeks 'Europe of Fatherlands', BBC News – Inside Europe Blog
  3. ^ Wolfgang Sablatnig (30 June 2011), "Straches FPÖ mit Jobbik und Vlaams Belang in EU-Partei", Tiroler Tageszeitung (in German), retrieved 29 November 2011
  4. ^ Nathalie Brack; Olivier Costa (2014). How the EU Really Works. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4724-1465-6.
  5. ^ Waterfield, Bruno (23 October 2013), "France's FN to team up with other far Right parties for European elections", The Daily Telegraph
  6. ^ a b de Lange, Sarah L.; Rooduijn, Matthijs; van Spanje, Joost (4 February 2014), "The 'Le Pen-Wilders' alliance will change European politics", Policy Network Observatory, policy-network.net
  7. ^ a b "Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004-2011" (PDF). European Parliament. April 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  8. ^ FPÖ-Abgeordneter steht an Spitze von EU-Rechtspartei DiePresse
  9. ^ a b c , European Alliance for Freedom, archived from the original on 26 March 2012, retrieved 7 July 2011
  10. ^ About EFF 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine European Foundation for Freedom. Retrieved 30 November 2013
  11. ^ Lahodynsky, Otmar (9 November 2013), , Profil Online (in German), archived from the original on 25 December 2013, retrieved 24 December 2013
  12. ^ Webb, Sara (13 November 2013), "Le Pen, Wilders eye eurosceptic alliance for EU elections", Reuters
  13. ^ Prodhan, Georgina (14 December 2013), "Austria's Freedom aims to enlarge Eurosceptic bloc", Reuters
  14. ^ "The Anti Islamist Danish People's Party has surged above 20% | the Columnist". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  15. ^ Mudde (11 February 2014), "The Le Pen-Wilders alliance and the European Parliament", The Washington Post
  16. ^ Future of Le Pen-Wilders alliance still uncertain, EurActiv.com, 28 May 2014
  17. ^ a b "Le Pen and Wilders fail to form anti-EU bloc". BBC News. 24 June 2014.
  18. ^ Charles Bremner (29 May 2014). "Le Pen party steals Farage's Italian allies". The Times.
  19. ^ Kim Willsher; Lizzy Davies (28 May 2014). "Buoyant Le Pen seeks more allies for Eurosceptic group in Brussels". The Guardian.
  20. ^ "Le Pen and Farage battle for partners to form group". Euractiv.com. 29 May 2014.
  21. ^ Tony Cross (29 May 2014). "Ukip's Farage, Front National's Le Pen compete for Eurosceptic leadership … and EU cash". RFI English.
  22. ^ Ophélie Spanneut (9 May 2014). "Le Pen and Farage competing to form groups" (PDF). Europolitics. No. 4864. p. 12.[permanent dead link]
  23. ^ Kim Willsher; Ian Traynor (24 June 2014), "Marine Le Pen fails to form far-right bloc in European parliament", The Guardian
  24. ^ Umberto Bacchi (24 June 2014). "Le Pen's Far-Right EU Parliament Alliance Fails at Start". International Business Times.
  25. ^ "FPÖ MP is now the head of a EU legal party", Die Presse. (8 November 2012)
  26. ^ . eurallfree.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  27. ^ a b c d e "Mölzer wirkt in neuer EU-Rechtsaußenpartei mit", Der Standard (in German), 29 June 2011, retrieved 7 July 2011
  28. ^ a b . European Alliance for Freedom. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  30. ^ France's Jean-Marie Le Pen joins European far-right alliance
  31. ^ , Euronews, 28 January 2012, archived from the original on 22 March 2019, retrieved 15 March 2012
  32. ^ "Marine Le Pen: What she means for Europe", EuroNews, 21 February 2012
  33. ^ Marine Le Pen en Autriche 10 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Front National, 27 January 2012
  34. ^ a b "list of representatives of European Political Parties – a Freedom of Information request to European Parliament" (PDF). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  35. ^ a b c d "list of representatives of European Political Parties – a Freedom of Information request to European Parliament". 31 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  36. ^ a b
  37. ^ a b Krisztina Morvai is quitting the European Alliance for Freedom Party 29 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Hungarian Ambiance, 26 July 2011

Further reading edit

  • de Lange, Sarah L.; Rooduijn, Matthijs; van Spanje, Joost (4 February 2014), "The 'Le Pen-Wilders' alliance will change European politics", Policy Network Observatory
  • Mudde, Cas (11 February 2014), "The Le Pen-Wilders alliance and the European Parliament: Plus ça change, plus la meme chose", The Washington Post
  • Hafez, Farid (20 October 2014), "Shifting borders: Islamophobia as common ground for building pan-European right-wing unity", Patterns of Prejudice, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 479–499, doi:10.1080/0031322X.2014.965877, S2CID 143843693

External links edit

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Not to be confused with European Free Alliance This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information February 2015 The European Alliance for Freedom EAF was a pan European political party of right wing Eurosceptics It was founded in late 2010 the party was recognised by the European Parliament in 2011 7 It did not seek registration as a political party with the new Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations in 2016 and was dissolved in the following European Alliance for FreedomPresidentFranz ObermayrVice PresidentPhilip Claeys Marine Le PenGeneral SecretarySharon Ellul BoniciFounded2010Dissolved2016HeadquartersBirkirkara Malta 1 Think tankEuropean Foundation for FreedomYouth wingYoung European Alliance for Hope YEAH 2 IdeologySouverainismRight wing populismEuroscepticismNationalismPolitical positionRight wing 3 to far right 4 5 6 International affiliationNoneEuropean Parliament groupEurope of Nations and FreedomColours BlueWebsitewww wbr eurallfree wbr orgPolitics of European UnionPolitical partiesElectionsUnlike most other pan European parties the members of the Alliance were not national parties but individuals The head office of the Alliance was in Brussels Belgium and its registered office was in Birkirkara Malta Franz Obermayr from Austria has been the president of the organisation since November 2012 succeeding founding chairman Godfrey Bloom from the United Kingdom His vice presidents are the Belgian Philip Claeys and the French Marine Le Pen 8 The secretary general is Sharon Ellul Bonici from Malta 9 The EAF was awarded a grant by European Parliament for 2011 of at most 372 753 7 In 2012 the EP s maximal grant dropped to 360 455 1 The party s affiliated political foundation is the European Foundation for Freedom 10 Contents 1 2014 European Parliament election 2 Structure 2 1 President 2 2 Vice president 2 3 General Secretary 3 Former members 3 1 Former members of the European Parliament 3 2 Former board members and other members 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links2014 European Parliament election editAhead of the 2014 European Parliament election it was suggested that EAF members might form a parliamentary group of their own after the elections The group was reported to have the support of the French National Front FN the Dutch Party for Freedom PVV the Flemish Vlaams Belang VB the Freedom Party of Austria FPO the Sweden Democrats SD the Slovak National Party and the Italian Northern League LN The Danish People s Party UK Independence Party UKIP and the Alternative for Germany refused to join the new alliance while the more radical and anti Semitic European nationalist parties such as National Democratic Party of Germany the British National Party Greek Golden Dawn and Hungarian Jobbik were not permitted to 11 12 13 14 Some media reports referred to the proposed group as the Le Pen Wilders alliance 6 15 16 17 In the election the French FN performed very strongly winning 24 seats while the Slovak National Party failed to win a seat and the Sweden Democrats abstained from the alliance instead joining Europe of Freedom and Democracy leaving the FN PVV LN FPO and VB as the only EAF member parties On 28 May three days after the end of the elections Le Pen Wilders Matteo Salvini LN Harald Vilimsky FPO and Gerolf Annemans VB appeared at a press conference in Brussels claiming to be confident to find enough allies for forming a new group soon 18 19 News media reported about a competition between the proposed EAF group led by Le Pen and the existing Europe of Freedom and Democracy EFD group led by Nigel Farage of UKIP both trying to win over support from newly represented Eurosceptic right wing and populist parties from different countries While the FN and Wilders preferred to form one large group including UKIP the British Eurosceptics decidedly rejected the idea branding Le Pen s party as too extreme 20 21 22 Eventually with MEPs from only five different member states the proposed EAF group fell short of the parliament s requirement of seven member states to be represented in each group Instead their MEPs have continued to sit as Non Inscrits 17 23 24 Structure editPresident edit 2010 2012 Godfrey Bloom UK 9 2012 present Franz Obermayr Austria 25 Vice president edit 2010 present Philip Claeys Belgium 9 Marine Le Pen France General Secretary edit 2010 present Sharon Ellul Bonici Malta Former members editFormer members of the European Parliament edit nbsp Austria Georg Mayer FPO 3 26 nbsp Austria Andreas Molzer FPO 27 nbsp Austria Harald Vilimsky FPO 28 nbsp Belgium Gerolf Annemans MEP 28 Vlaams Belang nbsp Bulgaria Dimitar Kinow Stojanow MEP NDP formerly Attack 29 nbsp France Jean Marie Le Pen National Front 30 nbsp France Marine Le Pen 31 32 33 National Front 3 nbsp Poland Janusz Korwin Mikke MEP 29 nbsp Poland Robert Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz MEP 29 nbsp Poland Michal Marusik MEP 29 nbsp Poland Stanislaw Zoltek MEP 29 nbsp United Kingdom Godfrey Bloom MEP Independent formerly UKIP nbsp United Kingdom Jane Collins MEP UKIP 34 nbsp United Kingdom Mike Hookem MEP UKIP 34 Former board members and other members edit nbsp Czech Republic Martin Lank Dawn National Coalition 35 nbsp Germany Torsten Gross 36 Citizens in Rage 27 nbsp Germany Jan Timke Citizens in Rage 29 35 nbsp Hungary Krisztina Morvai 27 Independent associated with Jobbik 37 nbsp Latvia Serzants Karlis Union of Greens and Farmers Member of Saeima 35 nbsp Lithuania Rolandas Paksas 27 Juozas Imbrasas Order and Justice 2 nbsp Malta Anthony Agius Decelis Labour Party Malta 35 nbsp Malta Sharon Ellul Bonici nbsp Poland Przemyslaw Wipler 29 nbsp Sweden Kent Ekeroth 36 Sweden Democrats 27 1Morvai is associated with Jobbik while not being a formal member She quit in July 2011 citing differences with the FPO 37 2Paksas and Imbrasas later joined the Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy MELD 3Left to form Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom MENL References edit a b Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004 2012 March 2012 European Parliament Retrieved 12 September 2012 Bell Bethany 4 April 2014 Far right youth movement seeks Europe of Fatherlands BBC News Inside Europe Blog Wolfgang Sablatnig 30 June 2011 Straches FPO mit Jobbik und Vlaams Belang in EU Partei Tiroler Tageszeitung in German retrieved 29 November 2011 Nathalie Brack Olivier Costa 2014 How the EU Really Works Ashgate Publishing Ltd p 120 ISBN 978 1 4724 1465 6 Waterfield Bruno 23 October 2013 France s FN to team up with other far Right parties for European elections The Daily Telegraph a b de Lange Sarah L Rooduijn Matthijs van Spanje Joost 4 February 2014 The Le Pen Wilders alliance will change European politics Policy Network Observatory policy network net a b Grants from the European Parliament to political parties at European level 2004 2011 PDF European Parliament April 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2011 FPO Abgeordneter steht an Spitze von EU Rechtspartei DiePresse a b c About EAF European Alliance for Freedom archived from the original on 26 March 2012 retrieved 7 July 2011 About EFF Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine European Foundation for Freedom Retrieved 30 November 2013 Lahodynsky Otmar 9 November 2013 EU Wahlen Die nationalistische Internationale unter Fuhrung der FPO Profil Online in German archived from the original on 25 December 2013 retrieved 24 December 2013 Webb Sara 13 November 2013 Le Pen Wilders eye eurosceptic alliance for EU elections Reuters Prodhan Georgina 14 December 2013 Austria s Freedom aims to enlarge Eurosceptic bloc Reuters The Anti Islamist Danish People s Party has surged above 20 the Columnist Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 Retrieved 2 February 2014 Mudde 11 February 2014 The Le Pen Wilders alliance and the European Parliament The Washington Post Future of Le Pen Wilders alliance still uncertain EurActiv com 28 May 2014 a b Le Pen and Wilders fail to form anti EU bloc BBC News 24 June 2014 Charles Bremner 29 May 2014 Le Pen party steals Farage s Italian allies The Times Kim Willsher Lizzy Davies 28 May 2014 Buoyant Le Pen seeks more allies for Eurosceptic group in Brussels The Guardian Le Pen and Farage battle for partners to form group Euractiv com 29 May 2014 Tony Cross 29 May 2014 Ukip s Farage Front National s Le Pen compete for Eurosceptic leadership and EU cash RFI English Ophelie Spanneut 9 May 2014 Le Pen and Farage competing to form groups PDF Europolitics No 4864 p 12 permanent dead link Kim Willsher Ian Traynor 24 June 2014 Marine Le Pen fails to form far right bloc in European parliament The Guardian Umberto Bacchi 24 June 2014 Le Pen s Far Right EU Parliament Alliance Fails at Start International Business Times FPO MP is now the head of a EU legal party Die Presse 8 November 2012 Die Fluchtlings katastrophe auf dem Mittelmeer lost in Europa tiefe 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10 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine Front National 27 January 2012 a b list of representatives of European Political Parties a Freedom of Information request to European Parliament PDF 31 January 2017 Retrieved 24 April 2018 a b c d list of representatives of European Political Parties a Freedom of Information request to European Parliament 31 January 2017 Retrieved 24 April 2018 a b About EAF a b Krisztina Morvai is quitting the European Alliance for Freedom Party Archived 29 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Hungarian Ambiance 26 July 2011Further reading editde Lange Sarah L Rooduijn Matthijs van Spanje Joost 4 February 2014 The Le Pen Wilders alliance will change European politics Policy Network Observatory Mudde Cas 11 February 2014 The Le Pen Wilders alliance and the European Parliament Plus ca change plus la meme chose The Washington Post Hafez Farid 20 October 2014 Shifting borders Islamophobia as common ground for building pan European right wing unity Patterns of 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