Europe of Sovereign Nations (party)
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This article is about the European political alliance. For the group in the European Parliament, see Europe of Sovereign Nations Group.
Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN or ESN Party; French: L'Europe des Nations Souveraines; ‹See Tfd›German: Europa Souveräner Nationen), is a European right-wing political alliance founded by national parties represented in the Europe of Sovereign Nations political group of the European Parliament.[4][5] It is currently seeking to register as a European political party.[6][7]
Europe of Sovereign Nations | |
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| Abbreviation | ESN |
| Chairperson | (DE)[1] |
| Deputy chairperson | Alexander Jungbluth (DE)[1] |
| Founded | 14 August 2024; 50 days ago[2] |
| Headquarters | Wallenroder Straße 1 D-13435 Berlin Germany |
| Ideology | [non-primary source needed] |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European Parliament group | ESN |
| Colours | Blue |
| European Parliament | 23 / 720 |
| European Council | 0 / 27 |
| European Commission | 0 / 27 |
| Website | |
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History
In April 2024, nationalist parties from nine countries met at the invitation of the Bulgarian Revival party.[8] In the so-called Sofia Declaration, they called for the preservation of national borders and the sovereignty of the individual European states. Participants were the Greek AKKEL, Renastere (Moldova), Forum for Democracy (Netherlands), Republic Movement (Slovakia), Zavetnici (Serbia), Our Homeland Movement (Hungary), Alternative for Sweden and Mass-Voll! [fr] (Switzerland).
Revival entered the European Parliament for the first time in the 2024 European elections. Shortly before the election, the German Alternative for Germany (AfD) MEPs were expelled from the Identity and Democracy group. The AfD and Revival had previously been in contact. Together with representatives of six other parties, their MEPs founded the Europe of Sovereign Nations Group. The ESN party was founded on August 14, 2024.[9] The party has applied for registration with the European Political Parties Authority. The establishment of an affiliated European political foundation is planned.[5]
Members
The ESN has nine member parties.[10]
Revival, Alternative for Germany and Freedom and Direct Democracy have been members the ID party, but left in February (Revival) and July 2024.[11] Forum for Democracy has been member of the ECR party from 2019 to 2020.
| EU member state | Party | MEPs[a] | Lower House | Upper House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Alternative for Germany | 15 / 96 |
77 / 736 |
0 / 69 |
| Bulgaria | Revival | 3 / 17 |
38 / 240 | |
| Czech Republic | Freedom and Direct Democracy | 1 / 21 |
20 / 200 |
0 / 81 |
| France | Reconquest | 1 / 81 |
0 / 577 |
0 / 348 |
| Hungary | Our Homeland Movement | 1 / 21 |
6 / 199 | |
| Lithuania | People and Justice Union (Centrists, Nationalists) | 1 / 11 |
0 / 141 | |
| Netherlands | Forum for Democracy | 0 / 31 |
3 / 150 |
2 / 75 |
| Poland | New Hope | 3 / 53 |
8 / 460 |
0 / 100 |
| Slovakia | Republic Movement | 2 / 15 |
0 / 150 | |
References
- ^ Including Maximilian Krah and Milan Mazurek
- ^ a b "Application letter" (PDF). 26 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Handelsregister Berlin, VR 41308
- ^ a b "Statutes ESN - Annex 2 Political programme (German)" (PDF). 26 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "AfD and allies form new far-right group: Europe of Sovereign Nations". euronews. 10 July 2024.
- ^ a b "AfD will Europäische Partei gründen". Tagesschau (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Applications not approved or pending | Applications for registration". Authority for European Political Parties andEuropean Political Foundations. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "EU-kritische AfD will neue Partei "für das wahre Europa" gründen". 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Parties from Nine Countries Sign Joint Declaration at Vazrazhdane-Organized Conference".
- ^ "Warum die AfD eine neue Europa-Partei gründet". 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Anhang 3 – Mitgliedsparteien". Verein Europa der Souveränen Nationen - Satzung - (PDF) (in German). p. 12. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "FVD sluit zich aan bij Europe of Sovereign Nations". 5 September 2024.