{"id":212143,"date":"2025-02-19T03:09:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/politics\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-far-right-afd-could-join-patriots-for-europe-group-after-german-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T03:09:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:09:56","slug":"rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-far-right-afd-could-join-patriots-for-europe-group-after-german-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/politics\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-far-right-afd-could-join-patriots-for-europe-group-after-german-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"rewrite this title in Arabic Far-right AfD\u00a0could join Patriots for Europe group after German elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic<br \/>\n        \u201cIt will be interesting to see its electoral score next Sunday,&#8221; said an MEP from France&#8217;s\u00a0Rassemblement National.<br \/>\n    ADVERTISEMENTThe far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could\u00a0join\u00a0the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament after Germany&#8217;s federal elections on February 23.Several sources confirmed to Euronews that the idea is making the rounds within the group but that there is currently no schedule for talks.\u00a0Patriots for Europe (PfE)\u00a0is now the third-largest group in the Parliament, with 86 MEPs from\u00a013 EU Member States, including some from France\u2019s Rassemblement National, Italy\u2019s Lega, and Hungary\u2019s Fidesz.One of its main figures, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, endorsed\u00a0the party when he\u00a0met AfD\u2019s co-leader Alice Weidel in Budapest last week.\u201cIt\u2019s completely clear that the AfD is the future,\u201d Orb\u00e1n said\u00a0then, highlighting convergences with his\u00a0PfE-affiliated Fidesz party\u00a0especially on migration policy.As Orb\u00e1n and other leaders emphasized during a Patriots&#8217;\u00a0gathering\u00a0last week in Madrid, the group&#8217;s plan is to unite all like-minded parties across Europe, win national elections, and increase their presence in EU governments\u2014to ultimately become\u00a0 \u201cthe new normal in Brussels.\u201dAfD is getting closer to Patriots for Europe\u201cThere is a clear and unstoppable path to unity among conservative, patriotic, and sovereignist forces,\u201d Spanish Patriots MEP Hermann Tertsch told Euronews. \u201cEven if nobody can predict when this will happen, things are moving much faster than before.\u201d\u201cMany of the reservations [within Patriots about AfD\u2019s entry] no longer exist,\u201d he added,\u00a0because there is \u201ca very positive process inside the party.\u201dAnother hint for possible future cooperation came from Strasbourg last week where the heads of the AfD and Austrian Freedom Party (FP\u00d6) delegations said they would present a &#8220;new initiative&#8221; in a joint press conference only to cancel the event at the last minute.\u00a0In the previous parliamentary term, AfD\u00a0was part of the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, alongside many of the now PfE\u00a0parties, such as Lega, Rassemblement National (RN), and\u00a0FP\u00d6.But the\u00a0German delegation was expelled\u00a0from the group\u00a0just before the June&#8217;s European elections after its lead candidate, Maximilian Krah, was forced to step down from the leadership board over allegations of espionage, corruption, and controversial remarks about the Nazi paramilitary group Waffen-SS.One of the most critical parties was France\u2019s Rassemblement National, estimating that some AfD members had crossed serious red lines by declaring that not all SS members were criminals and discussing plans to expel\u00a0newly naturalised Germans from the country.The French party still appears to be the main opponent to AfD\u2019s entry within the group, with an RN source telling Euronews on condition of anonymity: &#8220;I think there&#8217;s still a blockage with the AfD.&#8221;\u201cIf the AfD wants to exercise political responsibilities in Germany and the EU, it must clean up its own ranks,\u201d an MEP from the French party told Euronews, also speaking on condition of anonymity.ADVERTISEMENTHowever, the door might be open in the near future, especially since the controversial Maximilian Krah has been excluded from AfD\u2019s delegation (he now sits among the non-attached MEPs), and AfD\u2019s remigration plans\u00a0don\u2019t include German citizens with a foreign background.\u201cIt is up to the AfD to prove in the future that it has learned the lessons from what we previously found unacceptable,\u201d the MEP said, adding that \u201cit will be interesting to see AfD\u2019s electoral score in the German elections.\u201dRN\u2019s position would be crucial, as it holds the largest delegation within the PfE group, and unanimity within the group is required to accept new members, as pointed out by a\u00a0Patriots\u2019 spokesperson.A matter of moneyADVERTISEMENTAfter being expelled from ID, AfD secured 15.90% of the vote in the European elections, sending 15 MEPs to Strasbourg. The German party then formed\u00a0a new group in the European Parliament: Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN), which currently has only 26 lawmakers from eight countries, making it the smallest group in the Chamber.At least 23 MEPs from seven member states are required to form a group so ESN will not survive the withdrawal of AfD, the dominant force in the group.But although joining PfE would increase AfD\u2019s influence in European political debates, it could be counterproductive for its MEPs.Being the main delegation in a political group means more funding from the Parliament and more speaking time during plenary sessions.ADVERTISEMENTRemaining the largest delegation within the small ESN group would give AfD members more opportunities to speak and secure more funding than becoming just one of many delegations in a larger group like Patriots for Europe, a source told Euronews.\u00a0The AfD delegation was not immediately available to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic \u201cIt will be interesting to see its electoral score next Sunday,&#8221; said an MEP from France&#8217;s\u00a0Rassemblement National. 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