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had writing policies in europe, build a united font populous leaders, meat and poland to discuss the continents future for how much impact do they have in european politics? this is inside story. ah hello, welcome to the program. i'm kim vanelle. the leaders of 14 european right wing parties are at a conference in poland. among the nationalist and populist issues up the discussion is the building of an alternative center of power in the european union. and it's

aimed at opposing the you on issues like migration, national sovereignty, as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writes with the lead, his face a number of challenges caused by bad differences. some view each other as to pro russian, while others are fine with moscow's influence, and some have opposing views on even the main issues, including asylum seekers, which countries should host refugees. and how many, despite that, once claire is they all want more influence in european politics? me more just because i am very optimistic about the coming together of this logic. i think what has happened to poland is blackmail and threat from the european union . poland resistance once again would show everyone that's only in the union that would succeed in making european union bend in the most harmful way. i'll begin at discussion in just a moment, but 1st let's take a look at some of europe's main far right parties in france. marina pen presides

over the national rally. the parties made headlines mostly for won't critic say it's, it's hard stones against ism, and french muslim identity and poland, sierra schwab, kasinsky leads the ruling nationalist populace law and justice party, which is often adults with european union policies. if lead legal party is said by matthew salvi, he has reputation for a hard lines down for migration, for wanting to renegotiate you laws on asylum seekers with the aim of deporting thousands of them. the for dish political party and hungry said by prime minister victor or bomb, he presents himself as a defender of europe against muslim migrants. he's also at the center of the bid tonight, europe's radical ride parties. ah, ok, let's bring in. i guess we have found the reading sca, who is an expert at water institute. she joined us from poland capital from

brussels in belgium, kyle, the new chief executive officer at the center for european policy studies. and from vienna college nits. a journalist at the austrian daily newspaper, their standard, so very warm. welcome to all. thanks for joining us here on inside story. i'd like to begin with alex found to be sca. do you think that these right wing parties who amazing in war so can really build a united block one of the challenges that they might face? well then they say some whole series of challenges. the 1st one is not all in the same or political group in the justice of the living in italy and identity and see. so the discussions have been growing

new groups should be, should be holding some of those items to join the group of justice convention. the 2nd question of russia, we don't ever need to be pro russian, they go russian most dictated by our history, by experience where russia has been seen by the central threat. so now many of those parties like pro russian and this is also a point of contention. so just quickly, before we move on, men, do you think there's any point in the meeting at all? do you think they'll be able to form a blog? well, i don't know if the aim of this meeting is really i believe that it may be

a continuation of that meeting over the place in july a joint examination was put out this time. also there will be ration on the subject meeting in european reform policy. you have a nation and this is something they certainly agree on that. also many sticking one and i will concentrate, i expect some sort of proposal for these kinds of before they will also debate about how to talk. you get the competence on outside of that. she seek sugar, bending the g. i think the ration of this subject. ok. thank you. thank you. i think there's going to be a declaration, not necessarily a united block. as

a result, i want to come to you cut out the new year and take the meeting very seriously as whole. why is that? why? because to some extent serious is only and i think that have been many attempts and off like this by the writing or extreme writing groups and being part of 2 for one block. but so far they have not succeeded. one of the main reasons why they're doing this is because the part of oregon, which was before part o e p p, which is basically the central conservative group and european parliament was pushed out of the e p. p. and it's now looking for a new home, and of course it has been shown kind of cor, ping of the or social my groups have tried like, for example. so some people tried to join him at the former. i think parliament. but all these attempts have failed to a party, basically have still groups to group each for each of them about 10 percent. so together, let's say the right $316.00, right? 20 to 25 percent that you know the bottom. but amongst them they are so divided the difference and orientation that extremely difficult to believe that they can form

a common, a common voice. if you will see, for example, in what's happening in france at the moment, we thought, let's say that a year ago just probably been, would again be marianna, been again, be serious challenges too much at all. but we know she, that the extreme right in front of the split and 2 groups and they move me over to nate, overtake the event and the, and the presidential elections next year. so we see that the 3 split i think, which is the biggest threat and you know, 40 extreme right, which we have because initially because of the driving government, the league not has been boost a bit to decide. we also see that not homeless coming to the meeting and marshall this weekend, which is also, i think, a very important sign. i think the biggest problem is essentially what is going on and problem and that we see that decks, right? is that also if you look at the germany elections in september b, i did. yup. and you know,

some other groups do not post that anymore and germany. so i think it's an attempt to post a voice, but the previous speaker said that this issue about rush, how very different orientation we know for sure that the park your money on nathan got subsidies got support from russia and something like this in on its own okay, i'd like to bring you and call it schmitt. we talked a lot then about the differences between all of these parties meeting and was, or something that they have said previously when they signed that declaration of basically saying they're on the same page was that they want to fight for family values. i mean, but that could look very different to different parties into different countries, couldn't i totally agree to what you said about what is going on in france. i mean, that's one of the, i think, very important points that maybe wants to connect points if she tries to reunite or

unite the far right. because at home it's not really going well for her. what really unites all these groups are most of them that it's not, they have all seen better days and they really are not on the rise right now in their home countries. so this is one point and family values as you call them, are really a problem that they have with human rights. i'll be tv rights. you can see that in hungary and all that is there are, they really are in trouble because of this within the you. so this is probably the problem. one of the reasons why all them and angry are now sticking together. because here also you have the problem, that whole lunch is very active, russian and apparently not at all. so this is probably one of the main reasons they are not getting all the funds of the you right now and

have problems there. alex found the reading skills and let's put that to you. do you agree with the sentiment that the right wing popularity across the board is on the decline across europe? said as long as the child is governing and old. i mean, how many, and are we don't know? because you know, so i want to say it is university. she's not like the the 8th. and i do believe the national race. one or 2. she will be based on to immigration more than it was present in his face before her in this way necessarily. so he can be chances for that to happen. so i think the right is maybe not in the,

into me and i was about to take over the have to say to then the hope was going to disappear. one they happen. so it is gaining momentum in sweden. so saying with the box he was, he was going to happen the next couple months and he was telling me, i need to call a common block call any issues when they re re, re, i'm forming catalano. do you agree with the previous speakers have said in terms of the impact, the power, the popularity of right wing parties in european politics right now to some degree, but some, i would add to that. what brings them together is that have to europe,

but they have no alternative meaning. it's very funny. they are, they don't like all of them. europe, and they come together to express this whenever you look at the character of these different parties, they are so different already on this fundamental thing which you said, we just family values. they will have totally different views. for example, all the church on, for example, issues like abortion, which is a big issue or some of the parties, but not for others or, or, for example, on the other side matters where you see that it's extremely difficult to unite them . and they have been fine if you compared to the other political groups in the european parliament, which also have this issue tried to form a common block. they have much more advance like, you know, people's party or the socialist and democrats, or 70 degrees, or the liberals, you know, more much more united in the political, the political id. they stand for than the extreme right,

which has totally different invasion. so again, i would take, i do not, i'm not too concerned about say that they can do much against. of course, i personally find that there are so many and the parliament and they, they get paid by all of us. but that's what we haven't been the democracy and you see what happens again and determine elections is december and medical come to know that she has managed again to march in a lot of c, a p. the extreme. and i didn't, and germany caught germany has a special because of a history, a special connotation with extreme right. but we see that i'm not too concerned about not apart from problems and just happening now. apparently there are splintered amongst themselves and then which i think has challenged real time sort of the d a. i mean has been the 2nd thank you for kind of trans never to manage. so quant smith, i just wanna pass over to call at college netflix. i can see you nodding your head

there talking. your mike was all, but was there something you want to add to? well, in france you can see what you can. you can really watch and a lot of countries in europe look, pen started moving to the middle because she went too far right. 9 too far, right to get voted into a powerful position. and now of course there is a new man with more was really very far right again. and this will go on like this because they get the by that in the end. and if they don't unite, it will be hard for them to gain power, i think. but however, what i wanted to say is that it's paradox. these right wing or even right tons of which party are all nationalists and that doesn't fit very well into the idea of the european union. so even if they try again and again to unite, it won't, you know, on the long run work because they, they really don't think international. read your, understand what i mean. now,

i want to put that, that same center the same sentiments to alexander rabinski. i guess what we're trying to say is what's being suggested there is that these parties who believed an essential tenant for many of them is the national sovereignty. then looking to build an international united front might seem to some like an inherent contradiction. what do you think? i don't think it is necessarily contradiction right now. not have a super national nubian see. we have mentioned. and right now they should take the only he knew the commission is elected. so have little democratic lives invasion, great, graphic leverage and emissions like that is a fact. the 2nd thing is, i don't think you what they want is to be euro. we all of the european union. and

we all have to somehow think about what kind of union we want. now we have said, well, this will say and then we have the meeting today and also who wants your nation, which will actually the initial idea that it was supposed to be a nation and it has developed and more and more designed to ration not everybody was that and i think those right to discuss then vision, if you me something hate, you want to change it. they don't want to abolish that is a totally different thing and i think it is really that many assumptions are made by some of the law and justice. us septic septic and all we do not really have us have a range party that don't really matter on the political. ok, carol,

i know i want to put that to you but advance that a little bit in that often. one thing is born of the other right, right wing populism, that pap reaction to its opposite. what is it that you think these parties are rebelling against? and even if you don't agree with the form that rebellion might be taking, couldn't because for some soul searching within the you listen to the patient speak . i would say, i would totally disagree with you because human was in favor of a form of a united nations over the united states of europe like receipt of the united states of america, which is a federal states, but clearly federal competence is not. and that's what we want to do with bombs defense. and that's certainly what be extreme right. or this very right to in groups and european group on, they basically want to go back to what we have achieved. for example, i remember very well that interview between and my job and my role that for the 2nd

round, about 4 and a half years ago, there arguing and then wanted to abolish the euro was to go back. and the girl wasn't asking who heard of what you're doing and she hardly knew, and she fell basically through this argumentation. she knocked her the chances of that could be to be elected. i mean, that's what the group wants to go back from these commitments and to thank with the nation state or federal under my report of justice and european court of justice is basically the ard with the if there are issues. but we don't degree have madison, which is the ultimate part of the modem, which we know you for that. but also for the attribution of the funds would be great and the next you and on what conditionality could be enforced by the european commission to get these funds reach, for example, there's an issue for all of us, but this is all part of a federal selection this is not only the construction of the united nations of

europe, we have make a long wait 3040 years and integrating and strengthening super national competence within the u. i would also look at the mission is probably not directly elected, but you could go broad, but you've been part of that and you'll be bottom of exotic. ok, the bottom line is not highly apartments. if you know what the national already has to do that, what i hear is that i have some disagreement about what it is that these right wing parties want in terms of the future of europe. their visions, i want to come to, you call it schmidt, about some of the factors that play here, the context in which this is all happening. what do you think that the migrant crisis has done not just on poland border with en route, but across the e u. what do you think it has done for these sort of nationalist populace parties? you know, while the, you may not agree with when many of these parties are leaders or even nations, it is open to discussing, for example, you financing or physical border infrastructure. so what do you think that has done

to this whole discussion? well, it has serves the right wing parties around the european union. well, of course prices and especially 2015 because especially in countries that took in a lot of refugees, they could really gain power like austria in germany as you know. and we even have the freedom party in our government for 2 years. then we know the end of that story with the video, but this was really helping them to rise. now we have another crisis apart from my friends levels and we have a car on over the you. and i think if you look at the recent elections, it just germany, for instance, maybe the corona virus and then me traces was more topics to a lot of orders many and migrants. i think so. but of course,

this price is really divided the you because actually we could not find a way to, to share the responsibility for refugees all over and to the same amount in every country. and i remember i sent it in scott, you say that the idea of building a united front, a grouping of parties with the same aims? it's not new. so why is it that it's advancing? now? do you think it is her being brought up? now by, especially with on just meeting because of the dispute rule of law that we, europeans, permission to do. now i am obviously is seen as a good occasion to show that they do have support. one of the main subject

of discussions or doing this meeting is effectively limiting on the competence of the institution. so from the point of view with government, which is has been confirmed by ruling of constitutional board. and even institutions only possess that have been allocated industry by the members. and so the teen commission that is criticizing the justice reforms it is acting outside of the treaties outside of these homes is and this is not acceptable. so there's a number of political forces on the right side of the year and then see this in a similar way. and i think this is one of the reasons for this conference, but i want to also say something to what has been said before that i would really like to stress the prices of those border is not like it is

a geological person and no natural migrant pillows loose is a dictatorship, and i don't know of any people wanting to move their a go through. this is a country where people fly from and not go to and no natural migration, not official prices created by x on the question. and as soon as you start taking the planes in the migrant, it will be no micro anymore. i can tell you and is shaking it sorry, nodding their heads in agreement with you. we've got less than 60 seconds now until the end of the program at the end, very quickly. would you cut out new? oh, how do you see the trajectory right now in terms of the future of the far rise will go the need to have a fine right in europe, but that also will depend on the circumstances i'm whole revealed with all these different prices which we have. but if you see how well because of the health crisis on hotels that you work in a domain, because most of your competence helps when you basically manage to order fractions

for all of you. and i think we are basically a heads of the rest of the girls and the baby control and just health cries. of course, we still have a lot of frogs and many states, but you want to be up to and you only need to remember what happened in march when it was unsure whether we will get there. and then on the land test, people have so many percent 60 or 70 percent of the nation, much native by july between managed again and a domain which is not with you. and very you see, by the way, she's saying all the energy and demand pro member states to get an area which is nothing. you are confident. and if you'd like to have more european just to join the order, got to be order. i mean i, for example, to guess control the prices and to make sure that we have much more leverage on, for example, russia, which is supplying them. ok. all right, my apologies will have to leave it very big. thank you to all of our guests for joining us. alexander. we've been sca cato le, new and scarlet schmidt and thank you for watching. you can see the program again

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