Alliance for Peace and Freedom

Alliance for Peace and Freedom
President Roberto Fiore
Founded 4 February 2015
14 September 2014 (unofficial)
Ideology Ultranationalism[1]
Anti-globalism
Anti-Zionism
Hard Euroscepticism
Third Position
Political position Far-right
International affiliation None
European Parliament group Non-Inscrits
Colours      Red      Black      White
Website
apfeurope.com

The Alliance for Peace and Freedom (APF) is a far-right European political party founded on 4 February 2015. The main member parties had been involved in the now defunct European National Front.

The APF maintains contacts with conservative circles in Russia and supports the policies of Vladimir Putin, especially in the Ukraine crisis.[2] It maintains friendly relations with the Syrian Baath Party government.[3]

The party also maintains contacts with the former leader of the French National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was expelled from the National Front in 2015.[4]He joined the group in March 2018.[5]

Member parties

CountryPartyAbbr.European MPsNational MPs
 BelgiumFlanders Identitists VLI
0 / 12
0 / 87
 BelgiumNation Movement Nation
0 / 8
0 / 63
 Czech RepublicWorkers' Party of Social Justice DSSS
0 / 21
0 / 200
 GermanyNational Democratic Party of Germany NPD
1 / 96
0 / 709
 GreeceGolden Dawn ΧΑ
3 / 21
18 / 300
 ItalyNew Force FN
0 / 73
0 / 630
 RomaniaNew Right ND
0 / 32
0 / 329
 SlovakiaKotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia ĽSNS
0 / 13
14 / 150
 SpainNational Democracy DN
0 / 54
0 / 350

Affiliated parties

  •  France – French Nationalist Party (PNF)

Former member parties

Individual members

MemberPositionCountryPolitical party
Roberto Fiore President/Chairman  Italy FN
Nick Griffin Deputy Chairman  United Kingdom BUP
Stefan Jacobsson Secretary General  Sweden
Jens Pühse Member  Germany NPD
Tomáš Vandas Member  Czech Republic DSSS
Gonzalo Martin Garcia Member  Spain DN
Daniel Carlsen Member  Denmark DP
Hervé Van Laethem Member  Belgium Nation
Olivier Wyssa Member  France
Susanne Winter[6] Member  Austria
Jacek Wilk[7] Member  Poland Liberty
Jean-Marie Le Pen[5] Member  France FN

See also

References

  1. "The Kremlin 'hosts' the European extreme right". osw.waw.pl. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. "To Russia with love, from Europe's far-right fringe". ft.com. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. "Alliance of Peace and Freedom delegation: Europe must take Syria's side and fight terrorism". syriatimes.sy. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. "Success for APF conference in Paris". apfeuropa.com. 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 "France's Jean-Marie Le Pen joins European far-right alliance". thelocal.fr. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  6. "Kein Geld mehr für extreme Rechtsparteien". kurier.at. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. "Jacek Wilk w europejskiej partii podejrzewanej o neonazizm. "Przekonano mnie, żebym się zapisał"". rmf24.pl. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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