Bulgarian and Romanian MEPs Make "Extreme Right" Caucus Possible

[Sergius]

Romania's first gift to the European Union - a caucus of neo-fascists and Holocaust deniers
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Ian Traynor, Europe editor
Monday January 8, 2007
Guardian

In France, the group's prospective leader has been barred from teaching at his university and is awaiting a court verdict for questioning the Nazis' mass murder of Europe's Jews.His Bulgarian colleague brags that his country has the "prettiest Gypsies" and says he knows where to buy 12-year-old Gypsy brides for "up to €5,000" (£2,250).

Then there is the Polish professor who uses public office to pay tribute to General Franco, the late Spanish dictator. Or the intellectual strategist of an Austrian party whose ideology, according to a Vienna court, is similar to that of Hitler's "national socialism".

Such are the leading lights of "Europe of the Fatherlands", the world of politically organised European far-right extremism who are expected to form their first transnational organisation next week by establishing a formal caucus in the European parliament.

The development is an early result of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria. Ironically, given the hostility of the west European far right to expansion, to immigration, and to eastern Europe, it is Romania's entry that has made the caucus possible: the EU parliament's rules stipulate that an official caucus in the chamber needs to have representatives from at least five countries, and a minimum of 19 MEPs. They now meet this requirement.

Efforts have been under way for years to increase the clout of the far right in Europe by pooling assets and resources. The former pioneer of the modern European populist right, Jörg Haider of Austria, was wooed as a possible European leader. But the plans foundered because of differences among the notoriously fractious national leaders. These frictions remain. Italy's Northern League, for example, is boycotting the caucus because the league's head, Umberto Bossi, cannot stand the leader of France's National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen.

"It's pretty much watertight, although there are still a few imponderables," the far-right Austrian MEP Andreas Moelzer told the Austrian press agency. "We've already got a common programme."

The plan is to announce the creation of an official parliamentary caucus during the first session of the year on January 15. The caucus will bring together about 20 MEPs from at least six countries. Mr Moelzer said the numbers could expand to 40. Ashley Mote, an MEP for south-east England who sits as an independent and was previously from the UK Independence party, is being mentioned as a member.

Bulgaria's quota of European parliament seats includes one held by the extreme Ataka party of Volen Siderov, which campaigns against Gypsies or Roma and Turks, while Romania has supplied a breakthrough for the hard right by gaining five seats for Corneliu Vadim Tudor's anti-Hungarian, anti-Semitic and anti-Roma Greater Romanian party.

The turnaround came last week when Mr Tudor said his delegates would join the new caucus, expected to be named either "Europe of the Fatherlands" or "Identity, Sovereignty, Tradition".

The brains behind the new movement are Mr Moelzer, who was an ideologist for Mr Haider for years before falling out with him, and Frank Vanhecke, the leader of Vlaams Belang, Belgium's separatist Flemish nationalist party. Ironically, Mr Moelzer's Austrian Freedom party voted against letting Romania join the EU.

Bruno Gollnisch, a French MEP and a deputy leader of Mr Le Pen's National Front, is expected to lead the new group, with Mr Moelzer as its general secretary.

The members include Alessandra Mussolini, granddaughter of the Italian former fascist leader Benito, and Dimitar Stoyanov, a new Bulgarian MEP who circulated an email saying there were much "prettier Gypsies" in Bulgaria after a Hungarian Roma woman was named European MP of the year a few months ago. "You can even buy yourself a loving [Gypsy] wife aged 12 or 13 ... The best of are very expensive, up to €5,000 each."

Mr Gollnisch is awaiting a verdict from a Lyon court on charges of questioning the Holocaust. Other possible members of the group include the League of Polish Families, a junior partner in Warsaw's centre-right government, regularly accused of gay-bashing and anti-Semitism.

By establishing a formal caucus, the extreme right will benefit from greater EU funding. A priority, said Mr Moelzer, will be to fight any German-led attempts to revive Europe's comatose constitution.


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[Sergius]

Perhaps Bograchev can tell us more about Ataka. Are they worth anything or just nuts?

[Reltih]

Originally Posted by Ljubomir

Perhaps Bograchev can tell us more about Ataka. Are they worth anything or just nuts?

Worthy nuts. They are fun. Bet, though, Ataka (means 'Attack') would rule the country better than the plethora of disoriented twaddlers that most our politicians in fact are.

[Menydh]

More on it: BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Far-right MEPs set to join forces

[Feldmarschall]

Attack(Ataka) is bulgarian nationalist party!
The liars must shut up!!

[Menydh]

Your username has been changed from upper case to lower case. I would also suggest that you chose a Bulgarian name, and not one German as a bare minimum to have some credibility when denying being a nazi lot.

[Feldmarschall]

Bograchev lies!!
Ataka aren't nuts!
We have full support of the Bulgarian nationalists!
In the presidential elections,October 2006,Siderov takes about 24% of the vote!
He has placed second,behind the communist-Georgi Parvanov,who wins
again after 2001.
Siderov takes more in comparison with Le Pen in year 2002.

[Reltih]

Originally Posted by Feldmarschall

Bograchev lies!!
Ataka aren't nuts!

Ones are classified as nuts if they are unable to understand that they are nuts. It is said that denying is the first and most important symptom.
IMHO 'Ataka' are classic, examplary nuts of a finest crop!
None of their position is clear and complete. Their mysticism politics is outdated. Surely they always bring some show and entertainment for the masses. That's how they survive.

[Feldmarschall]

Bograchev!
You are anti-Bulgarian stuppid man!
Your idol, who is on your avatar (Boyko Borisov)-Sofia mayor is a clear
mafiot!
Post theme about the Borisov's new party "GERB"!
They are nuts, not Ataka!!!

[Marulus]

Originally Posted by Feldmarschall

Bograchev!
You are anti-Bulgarian stuppid man!

There is no use from such name-callings and labelings.

Originally Posted by Feldmarschall

Your idol, who is on your avatar (Boyko Borisov)-Sofia mayor is a clear
mafiot!
Post theme about the Borisov's new party "GERB"!
They are nuts, not Ataka!!!

Tell me, does ATAKA want Bulgaria to leave EU?

[Feldmarschall]

No.
Ataka doesn't want Bulgaria to leave EU!
Ataka is a part of the new group in the European parliament!
Our goal is to change EU.
The countries in EU must have more sovereignity!

[tankistabg]

Attack Party above all wants to save Bulgaria. Today we have problems with minorities. Thats the main reason attack has appeared on the political scene. The demografical crisis will decrease the number of bulgarians form 6 to 3 million in just 20-30 years...

[Feldmarschall]

Ataka unites all the patriots,who want to save our country for the bulgarians!

[Feldmarschall]

Originally posted by tankistabg

Attack Party above all wants to save Bulgaria. Today we have problems with minorities. Thats the main reason attack has appeared on the political scene. The demografical crisis will decrease the number of bulgarians form 6 to 3 million in just 20-30 years...

Hmm...
This is a pesimistic forecast. I don't think that the bulgarians will decrease to 3 millions in 20-30 years.
The problem is, that many young Bulgarians go away from our country and live in West Europe and USA.
I hope, that they will go home soon.

[Reltih]

Originally Posted by Feldmarschall

Ataka unites all the patriots,who want to save our country for the bulgarians!

Bravo, good boy...you've learn't your words!

This is a pesimistic forecast. I don't think that the bulgarians will decrease to 3 millions in 20-30 years.
The problem is, that many young Bulgarians go away from our country and live in West Europe and USA.
I hope, that they will go home soon.

I don't care. We don't need freeloaders arround.