The rally will see leaders of 12 far-right parties marching towards their hoped-for conquest of Brussels after next week's European parliamentary elections. Notably absent from the rally is Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party and Poland's governing PiS (Law and Justice party). Italy's La Repubblica newspaper said on Friday that Salvini might win seats in the May 23-26 European elections but his dream of uniting nationalist parties was "unrealisable". While Salvini and Le Pen have close ties to Russia and President Vladimir Putin, eastern European far-right parties are wary of Moscow's ambitions. "Salvini for instance wants a European redistribution of refugees, (lead candidate Joerg) Meuthen doesn't want a single refugee.

Source: Bangkok Post May 18, 2019 03:56 UTC