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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Marc BURLEIGH, Julien GIRAULT

Le Pen And Orban Far-right Groups Unite In EU Parliament

The launch came a day after French voters relegated the anti-immigration National Rally (RN) to third spot in legislative elections (Credit: AFP)

Marine Le Pen's party on Monday teamed up with the camp of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to launch a new far-right camp in the EU parliament, a day after being dealt a surprise defeat in French elections.

Jordan Bardella, Le Pen's 28-year-old lieutenant and chief of her National Rally (RN) party, will take the reins of the Patriots for Europe group, French lawmaker Jean-Paul Garraud said at its public launch in Brussels.

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