German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for Europe to push back against far-right parties
While far-right parties rejected values like protecting minorities and basic human rights, Merkel told a press conference in the Croatian capital Zagreb,"politicians being for sale plays a role, and we must act decisively against all of that".
While far-right parties rejected values like protecting minorities and basic human rights, Merkel told a press conference in the Croatian capital Zagreb, "politicians being for sale plays a role, and we must act decisively against all of that". Speaking still more forcefully at the event, she argued that "patriotism and the European project are not opposites".
Austria's conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz had been "irresponsible" to invite the FPOe into his government, foreign minister Heiko Maas of the centre-left Social Democratic Party said, calling them "enemies of freedom". Centre-right parties across Europe "should end their alliances with right-wingers and distance themselves clearly from the enemies of democracy," Greens lead candidate for the EP Sven Giegold told the Funke newspaper group.
The FPOe's lead candidate for the European Parliament pulled out of the meeting after the scandal broke.
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