Far-right duo Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders have failed to form a group in the European Parliament.
Wilders told Dutch media outlet ANP on Monday (23 June) they were unable to meet the minimum parliament criteria of having members from at least seven different member states.
“Unfortunately we didn't meet the June 24 deadline to form an official grouping with six other parties in the European parliament,” he said.
Le Pen announced in late May that her National Front party ...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.