Jordan Bardella, who heads France’s right-wing National Rally party, will lead the new “Patriots for Europe” alliance in the European Parliament that was founded by Hungary’s conservative leader Viktor Orban, with the new coalition pledging to work on cutting immigration and shifting power from Brussels to national governments.
Founded by French politician Marine Le Pen, National Rally joined Patriots for Europe on July 8, with Mr. Bardella saying at a press conference in Brussels that the new group represents “hope for the tens of millions of citizens in the European nations who value their identity, their sovereignty and their freedom.”
