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Europe of Sovereign Nations (party)

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Europe of Sovereign Nations
AbbreviationESN
Chairperson
(DE)[1]
Deputy chairpersonAlexander Jungbluth (DE)[1]
Founded14 August 2024; 3 months ago (2024-08-14)[2]
Registered30 September 2024 (2024-09-30)[3]
HeadquartersWallenroder Straße 1
D-13435 Berlin
Germany
Ideology
[non-primary source needed]
Political positionFar-right
European Parliament groupESN
Colours  Blue
European Parliament
25 / 720
European Council
0 / 27
European Commission
0 / 27
Website
esn-party.eu Edit this at Wikidata

Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN or ESN Party; French: L'Europe des Nations Souveraines; German: Europa Souveräner Nationen) is a far-right European political party founded by national parties represented in the Europe of Sovereign Nations political group of the European Parliament.[5][6]

History

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In April 2024, nationalist parties from nine countries met at the invitation of the Bulgarian Revival Party.[7] 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 (FvD, Netherlands), Republic Movement (Slovakia), Zavetnici (Serbia), Our Homeland Movement (MHM, Hungary), Alternative for Sweden and Mass-Voll! [fr] (Switzerland).[8] From the participants of this meeting, Revival, Republic Movement and MHM 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 due to extreme views and allegedly Russian influence.[9] The AfD and Revival had previously been in contact. Together with representatives of other parties, their MEPs founded the Europe of Sovereign Nations Group.

The ESN Party was founded by the parties involved in the ESN Group, as well as the Dutch FvD which missed entering the European Parliament, on 14 August 2024.[10]

On 6 September, the ESN Party applied for registration with the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. The establishment of an affiliated European political foundation is planned,[6] but was postponed, according to the ESN, because of complex administrative requirements.[11] On 30 September, the ESN Party was registered by the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations as a European political party.[3]

Members

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Europe of Sovereign Nations has MEPs in 8 member states. Dark blue indicates member states sending multiple MEPs, light blue indicates member states sending a single MEP.

The ESN party has nine member parties.[12]

Revival, Alternative for Germany, and Freedom and Direct Democracy had been members the ID party, but left in 2024, with Revival departing in February and the two other parties departing in July.[13] Forum for Democracy was previously a member of the ECR party from 2019 to 2020.

EU member state Party MEPs[a] Lower House Upper House
 Germany Alternative for Germany
 Bulgaria Revival
 Czech Republic Freedom and Direct Democracy
 France Reconquest
 Hungary Our Homeland Movement
 Lithuania People and Justice Union (Centrists, Nationalists)
 Netherlands Forum for Democracy
 Poland New Hope
 Slovakia Republic Movement

Political representation in European institutions

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Organisation Institution Number of seats
 European Union European Parliament
25 / 720
European Commission
0 / 27
European Council
(Heads of Government)
0 / 27
Council of the European Union
(Participation in Government)
 Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Including Maximilian Krah and Milan Mazurek

References

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  1. ^ a b "Application letter" (PDF). 26 August 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. ^ Handelsregister Berlin, VR 41308
  3. ^ a b "Europe of Sovereign Nations". appf.europa.eu. Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. 30 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Statutes ESN - Annex 2 Political programme (German)" (PDF). 26 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  5. ^ "AfD and allies form new far-right group: Europe of Sovereign Nations". euronews. 10 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b "AfD will Europäische Partei gründen". Tagesschau (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  7. ^ "Parties from Nine Countries Sign Joint Declaration at Vazrazhdane-Organized Conference".
  8. ^ "'Hooligans': Talks Underway to Form New Anti-Globalist Right-Wing Party Group". 5 June 2024.
  9. ^ "New EU parties and cash fever dreams". 27 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Warum die AfD eine neue Europa-Partei gründet". 26 August 2024.
  11. ^ Griera, Max; Cokelaere, Hanne (30 September 2024). "Far right, far left in European Parliament miss out on millions because of bureaucracy". Politico Europe.
  12. ^ "Anhang 3 – Mitgliedsparteien". Verein Europa der Souveränen Nationen - Satzung - (PDF) (in German). p. 12. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  13. ^ "FVD sluit zich aan bij Europe of Sovereign Nations". 5 September 2024.
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