Is France's Marine Le Pen about to join Orban's far-right EU group?

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After the French election result Le Pen will know how strong she is and may join then, making Patriots for Europe the EU parliament's third largest bloc.

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00:00Viktor Orban's right-wing group, the Patriots of Europe, have gained crucial support in

00:05the European Parliament. Denmark's People's Party and Belgium's Vlaams Belang are the

00:10most recent to join the Patriots of Europe after leaving the ID group, giving the new

00:17European Parliamentary Group crucial support in pushing numbers to 29 MEPs, meeting the

00:22EU's recognition threshold. Marina Le Pen is expected to merge with the Patriots, leaving

00:28the future of the ID in jeopardy. Orban announced the creation of the Patriots for Europe on

00:36June 30, along with Austria's Freedom Party and the Czech Republic's ANO. The Netherlands'

00:44Party of Freedom, Portugal's Chega and Spain's Vox have also joined within the last week.

00:49With Patriots of Europe, Orban aims to lead the EU's hard right and become the fourth

00:54largest group within the European Parliament.

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