Today saw the dawning of a new era in European nationalist cooperation with the first meeting of Members of the European Parliament from Britain, France, Belgium, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria in preparation for the inaugural sitting of the newly elected body on 14 July.
“This was a historic day for many of us,” Nick Griffin MEP, leader of the British National Party told BNP News upon his return from the Continent where the meeting was held.
“It was an extremely constructive and friendly meeting of people who all share the same ideals for their nations – independence, self-determination and a desire to see Europe preserved as a continent of national identities,” Mr Griffin said.
Practical issues discussed at the meeting, which was chaired by France’s Front National MEP Bruno Gollnisch, included the possibility of forming alliances within the European Parliament and the sharing of the research workload between the various parties.
“Although we are below the threshold to make a formal group, there are many ways in which we can work together in the common interests of our nations in general and electors in particular,” Mr Griffin said.
“The parties with European parliamentary experience will be imparting that to the newcomers to ensure that we will all hit the ground running.
“In the longer term we will work to subdivide the enormous amount of work involved in researching and advising the MEPs on voting on different proposals, which can involve hundreds of votes in a single day,” he continued.
As to the possibility of forming alliances with other parties or groups, the Euro-nationalists decided that their solidarity would not be broken. “We will wait until the other parties and groups have completed their bargaining and horse trading to see if it is possible to reach an accord with any of them,” Mr Griffin said.
“We agreed that we would all stand together and that we would not be ‘cherry picked’ by other groups. If they want any one of us, they will have us all.”
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