“We have ushered in a new political Era,” said the head of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Jörg Meuthen, on Saturday at a rally in front of thousands of people in Milan. “Arrogant technocrats” have destroyed Europe. “Let’s get these elites in the political way to the case to bring,” said Meuthen. Italy’s right-wing Minister of the interior, Matteo Salvini spoke before the cheering crowd of a “new Chapter in history, written in Milan”.

Northern League chief Salvini wants to make up after the European elections at the end of may, together with Meuthen, the Head of the French party, the Rassemblement National (RN), Marine Le Pen, and other parties, the rights of a “super group” in the EU Parliament, under the name of “Alliance of European Alliance of peoples and Nations”.

For “fortress Europe”

the Stated aim is to stop a closer cooperation of the European Union, to strengthen national States and to create a “fortress Europe”. “No Migration, basta Islam,” cried the Dutchman Geert Wilders on the stage in front of the Cathedral of Milan. The elites in Brussels “want to take away from us our identity and security, they want us flooding with more and more migrants.”

He celebrated together with the participants in the Milanese rain, especially in Italy, the Vice-Premier Salvini, with a hard line against refugees and migrants success. “Europe needs more Salvini’s,” said Wilders.

Overshadowed by the FPÖ-video affair

the Meeting was Overshadowed, however, by the video affair in the Austrian party FPÖ. The Austrian Vice-Chancellor and FPÖ-leader Heinz-Christian Strache, had on Saturday declared his resignation because of a secretly-recorded Film put venality in the election campaign of 2017 close to.

The FPÖ MEP Georg Mayer voice on stage in Milan of the affair, but called for “mass no to stop the migration, Islamization, and centralism”.

Meuthen stressed to stand next to the FPÖ. He’s not “going to fall of the party in the back” due to a “singular proposition”. Salvini has issued for law Alliance, the goal is to be in the EU Parliament’s strongest political group. In surveys, the new grouping is currently approximately ten percent of the mandates; but could join other parties.

the rally was Accompanied in Milan by protests by left-wing groups and politicians. “Back to humanity” or “bridges, not walls” was read on photos of Transparent on houses. (fal/sda)

Created: 18.05.2019, 22:23 PM