ČT24 | ANO establishes a political alliance with Orbán and Austrian FPÖ

The Italian League, led by Matteo Salvini, will join new European Parliament party announced by the ANO movement, along with Viktor Orbán's Fidesz and the Freedom Party of Austria. They have identified the sovereignty of countries, the fight against illegal migration and the revision of the Green Deal as priorities. The alliance, called Patriots for Europe, now intends to invite other parties, and the group must be made up of MEPs from at least seven countries. Martin Vokálek, Executive Director of EUROPEUM Institute, comments for ČT24.

It was the Freedom Party of Austria that was very strongly opposed to the actions of the Czech Republic, and today it is, for example, linked to the Russian scandal, where a number of espionage and influence activities of the Russian Federation penetrated Austria and the European Union through some of the party politicians with whom Andrej Babiš is now forming his alliance."

The full interview can be found here from about 13:31.

Martin Vokálek
Executive Director

Expertise: Economic issues, European security and NATO, war crimes and international law problematic