Far-right parties join Tories in rejecting common EU candidate

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Publication Date 13/03/2014
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Europe's far-right parties aligned themselves with the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) and announced in March 2014 they would not present a common candidate for the European Parliament elections in May 2014.

However, these parties still intend to create a parliamentary group in Strasbourg after the May 2014 election, according to EurActiv on the 13 March 2014.

Source Link http://www.euractiv.com/eu-elections-2014/european-far-right-parties-rejec-news-534127
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