Super Poll: Could German AfD create a new alt-right group in the European Parliament?

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Ultra-nationalism, Euroscepticism and pro-Russian sympathies could be the common ground, and MEPs from some Central European countries could be tempted by the experience, Euronews Super Poll suggests.

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00:00 Far-right parties need to be ready to overcome their divisions if they want to make an impact

00:08 in the next EU Parliament. Germany's AFD is searching for a new political family after

00:16 its expulsion from identity and democracy, and it might decide to form its own one.

00:24 The number of far-right parties are radicalization, are on a path of radicalization, which means

00:30 that I don't think all of them will be put together after the elections. We'd rather

00:35 see not one but three instead of two political groups. That's also the reason why Marine

00:41 Le Pen recently made clear that she wanted to have a clear, cut a clear distance vis-a-vis

00:48 the AFD.

00:51 If projections are confirmed and AFD gets 15 seats in the European Parliament, it would

00:58 then need 23 additional MEPs from at least seven member states to form its own parliamentary

01:06 group.

01:09 Talks among parties have already started. According to the Euronews Poll Center, Bulgaria's

01:15 revival is one of the parties that reached out to AFD about a potential alliance. There's

01:23 also movement concerning other right-wing MEP candidates from Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria,

01:30 Hungary and Slovakia.

01:36 The common ground among them seems to be a softer approach towards Russia, as Ukraine

01:43 is set to remain a top issue in the new legislature.

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