AENM Press Conference in Brussels

Nationalist leaders

The newly formed AENM (Alliance of European National Movements) has welcomed yet another party into its ranks, thus swelling further the grouping which represents the truly EU-sceptic and nationalist parties of Europe.

During a Press Conference held yesterday at the European Parliament in Brussels, the Chairman of the British National Party, Nick Griffin, confirmed his party's intention to join the pan-European alliance founded in Hungary last month. Other nationalist parties from Austria, Spain and Portugal are also set to join the AENM in the very near future.

The AENM was formed on the 24th October 2009 in Budapest, at the 6th Jobbik party congress. Its founder members being Jobbik, The Movement for a Better Hungary (Hungary), the Front National (France), Fiamma Tricolore (Italy), the National Democrats (Sweden) and the National Front (Belgium).

Front National MEP Bruno Gollnisch told the assembled journalists that the alliance would seek recognition from the European Parliament as a pan-European political party (a Europarty).

Jobbik MEP Zoltán Balczó stressed that though the alliance would welcome true nationalist parties from across the Europen continent, no place within it would ever be offered to chauvinist extremists like the Greater Romania Party, or the Slovak National Party, or indeed any other grouping with anti-Hungarian objectives.

The common political declaration of the AENM is as follows:

Political Declaration
Alliance of European National Movements

• Conscious of our common responsibility for the European peoples and the diversity of cultures and languages they represent,

• Mindful of the inalienable values of Christianity, natural law, peace and freedom in Europe,

• Bearing in mind the numerous threats that powerful forces of globalisation pose to this priceless heritage.

Representing the national parties and movements in Europe, we demand:

1. The creation of a Europe of free, independent and equal nations in the framework of a confederation of sovereign nation states, refraining from taking decisions on matters properly taken by states themselves;

2. The rejection of any attempt to create a centralised European Super State.

3. The promotion of the freedom, dignity and equal rights of every citizen, and opposition to all forms of totalitarianism.

4. The primacy of direct votes by the people or their elected representatives over any administrative or bureaucratic body.

5. The effective protection of Europe against new threats, such as terrorism and religious, political, economic, or financial imperialism.

6. A peaceful and humane settlement of immigration problems through, among other measures, international cooperation aiming at development and self- sufficiency of third world countries. 

7. Strong policies in favour of families aiming at solving the demographic deficit in Europe and promoting traditional values throughout society.

8. The preservation of the diversity of Europe that results from the variety of our identities, traditions, languages and indigenous cultures.

9. A common fight of the European peoples against social dumping and the destructive effects of globalisation.