Nigel Farage MP and Reform Colleagues Sworn Into Parliament
Nigel Farage’s election as MP for Clacton in last week’s general election was a matter of red tape. Nigel Farage and the four Reform Party election winners were sworn in this week to the House of Commons, the lower house of Britain’s bicameral parliament. Farage was one of the last of the new MPs to […]
‘Patriots for Europe’ — Le Pen-Orbán Group Third Largest in EU Parliament
The new European Parliamentary coalition of Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orbán and other leading populists, known as “European Patriots”, is now the third-largest group in the EU Parliament and the largest populist group in the EU’s history. Following major gains across the continent in last month’s European Parliament elections, a new populist group has overtaken […]
French parliament divided among far-left, center, far-right after elections
The French parliament is divided between the far left, center and far right, with no political faction even approaching the majority needed to form a government. President Emmanuel Macron, who has three years left in his term, predicted the decision to call early elections would give the country a “moment of clarity,” the paper reported. […]