{"id":1083453,"date":"2021-12-04T10:28:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083453"},"modified":"2021-12-04T10:28:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:28:44","slug":"populist-and-national-conservative-leaders-meet-in-poland-to-discuss-future-of-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/populist-and-national-conservative-leaders-meet-in-poland-to-discuss-future-of-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Populist and National Conservative Leaders Meet in Poland to Discuss Future of EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpopulist-and-national-conservative-leaders-meet-in-poland-to-discuss-future-of-eu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083453&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236997516-e1638630002648-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">WARSAW, Poland (AP) \u2013 The leaders of right-wing populist parties gathered Saturday in Warsaw to discuss how they can work together to bring change to the European Union, which they accuse of acting like a super-state that is eroding the traditions and powers of the EU\u2019s 27 member nations.<\/p>\n<p>Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland\u2019s nationalist ruling party, opened the meeting, which also was attended by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, and the leader of Spain\u2019s Vox party, Santiago Abascal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The event, described as a summit, follows a visit by Le Pen to Budapest in October that was part of an effort by her and Orban to consolidate the European right. Kaczynski said Saturday\u2019s meeting was intended to find common ground and to increase cooperation at the EU level, though he acknowledged it would not be easy.<\/p>\n<p>The populist parties have been exploring the possibility of forming an alliance in the European Parliament. According to Hungarian news agency MTI, Orban expressed hope the meeting would mark a significant step toward that goal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0391061452514\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Gun to Our Head\u2019 \u2013 EU Tries to Force Poland Into Submission with \u20ac1 Million Per Day Fines <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FCM5x3YU0E\">https:\/\/t.co\/FCM5x3YU0E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1453708628817440779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Both the Polish and Hungarian governments remain locked in a bitter standoff with the European Commission, the EU\u2019s executive arm, which is withholding funds to both countries. Warsaw and Budapest argue the Commission is taking a step that never was laid out in any EU treaties and which therefore defies EU law.<\/p>\n<p>Wojciech Przybylski, editor in chief of Visegrad Insight, a policy journal focused on Central Europe, said there is a paradox in a \u201ctransnational meeting of nationalist parties.\u201d He thinks the event was organized so the party leaders can show their voters \u201cthey are not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both the Hungarian and Polish ruling parties, he claimed, are \u201cin deep trouble,\u201d with Orban\u2019s Fidesz party forced to leave the main centre-right grouping in the European Parliament, and Poland\u2019s governing populists seeing a drop in popularity at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is essentially a PR stunt,\u201d Przybylski suggested.<\/p>\n<p>The Poles\u2019 welcome of Le Pen marks a recent change of heart for Poland\u2019s governing conservatives. The ruling Law and Justice party had long refused to cooperate with the French presidential candidate due to her warm relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin \u2014 a turn-off in a country long dominated by Russian and Soviet rule.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have as much in common with Ms Le Pen as with Mr Putin,\u201d Kaczynski remarked in 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.848275862069\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marine Le Pen Rejects New EU Migrant Pact As &#8216;Suicide of Europe&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QXmDu37k2X\">https:\/\/t.co\/QXmDu37k2X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1315279735132389379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki met with Le Pen in Brussels in October and hosted her for a dinner in Warsaw on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, Le Pen posted a photo of herself with Morawiecki and thanked him for his welcome. She said they share a wish for \u201ca Europe of nations to give back to the peoples of Europe their freedom and their sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Saturday\u2019s meeting opened in a hotel, a small group of protesters outside blew whistles and yelled accusations that the leaders were extremists serving the interests of the Kremlin. The demonstrators held signs saying \u201cRussian pact,\u201d and chanted, \u201cWarsaw free from fascism!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Law and Justice spokesman, Radoslaw Fogiel, acknowledged that the parties don\u2019t agree on everything. He argued that the most pro-Russia project in Europe, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, is not the work of Le Pen but of outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to remarks quoted by TVN24.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen European populist parties issued a joint ideological statement in July objecting to the EU\u2019s current direction. Among the signatories were Kaczynski\u2019s Law and Justice, Orban\u2019s Fidesz, Le Pen\u2019s National Rally, Austria\u2019s Freedom Party, and Spain\u2019s Vox.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8494623655914\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump Vindicated: Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Deal Was Merkel\u2019s \u2018Biggest Mistake\u2019, Says Former EU Chief <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fu2NiaT1i1\">https:\/\/t.co\/fu2NiaT1i1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1465440433253728259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WARSAW, Poland (AP) \u2013 The leaders of right-wing populist parties gathered Saturday in Warsaw to discuss how they can work together to bring change to the European Union, which they &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}