Dutch, French far-right fail to form European Parliament group - politician


  • World
  • Tuesday, 24 Jun 2014

Far-right politician Geert Wilders of the anti-immigration Dutch Freedom (PVV) Party speaks at a PVV rally after the European Parliament elections in the Hague May 22, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Kooren

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Far-right parties from the Netherlands and France have failed to form an anti-European Union parliamentary group in the European Parliament, Dutch Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders said in a statement late on Monday.

Failure to form a parliamentary group would be a blow to the parties, since it would cost them the extra funding, staffing and speaking time that is unlocked when they form multinational party alliances with members from at least seven of the EU's 28 member countries.

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