Marine Le Pen and Golden Dawn ‘flirting’ / Right-wing MEPs to form new constellations in EU parliament

EurActiv reported on the 23 May 2014 that a post EU-election alliance between the French far-right National Front and the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was not entirely ruled out.

However, and officially, Marine Le Pen sought to distance the National Front from Golden Dawn and other parties it sees as being too extremist.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Warfare between Eurosceptic camps: Le Pen v Farage http://www.europeansources.info/record/warfare-between-eurosceptic-camps-le-pen-v-farage/

ESO: Background information: European Parliament election, 2014 (France) [France and the European elections 2014] http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliament-election-2014-france-france-and-the-european-elections-2014/

ESO: Background information: Greek far right Golden Dawn approved for EU election http://www.europeansources.info/record/greek-far-right-golden-dawn-approved-for-eu-election/

ESO: Background information: Conservatives boosted by polls ahead of May vote [Greece and the European elections 2014] http://www.europeansources.info/record/conservatives-boosted-by-polls-ahead-of-may-vote-greece-and-the-european-elections-2014/

EUObserver, 27.05.14: Right-wing MEPs to form new constellations in EU parliament http://euobserver.com/eu-elections/124366

France 24, 27.05.14: A look at the European Parliament’s eurosceptic parties http://www.france24.com/en/20140527-europe-pictures-european-parliament-eurosceptic-parties-fn-ukip/

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