Europe of Nations and Freedom
| Europe of Nations and Freedom | |
|---|---|
| European parliamentary group | |
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| English abbr. | ENF |
| French abbr. | ENL |
| Ideology |
Right-wing politics Far-right politics Nationalism Euroscepticism Right-wing populism Anti-immigration |
| European parties | Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom and European Alliance for Freedom |
| From | 15 June 2015 |
| Chaired by |
 Marine Le Pen Marcel de Graaff
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| MEP(s) |
40 / 751
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| Website | www |
Europe of Nations and Freedom (French: Europe des nations et des libertés, ENL) is a political group in the European Parliament launched on 15 June 2015. With 40 members, the group is the smallest in the European Parliament. The largest party of the group by number of MEPs is the National Front representing more than half of ENL's MEPs with 20 MEPs out of 40.
The ENF is the parliamentary group of the Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom although PVV's MEPs are members of the European Alliance for Freedom and other MEPs are without any European affiliations.
Following the 2014 European elections on 22–25 May 2014, the European Alliance for Freedom (EAF), comprising right-wing and far-right parties from across Europe, aimed to form a stable parliamentary group in the European Parliament prior to the start of the 8th term. A previous attempt to form a far-right group in the European parliament during the 6th term was the short-lived Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (ITS) group in 2007.
On 28 May 2014, it was announced at a press conference in Brussels that the alliance led by Marine Le Pen of the French National Front (FN) and Geert Wilders of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), including Lega Nord leader Matteo Salvini, were in negotiations to form a parliamentary group. On 24 June 2014, it was announced that the Le Pen/Wilders alliance had failed to gather the requisite 25 MEPs from 7 EU member nations, thus starting the parliamentary term as Non-Inscrits members. Later in 2014, the EAF was succeeded by the Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom (MENL), without the participation of the PVV.
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