[Individual-members-EL] GUE/NGL Press: ITS finished! - Extreme-right group splits

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NEWS UPDATE

FROM THE GUE/NGL GROUP

Strasbourg 14-11-2007

 
ITS finished! - Extreme-right group splits

 

The extreme-right ITS group in the European Parliament split today after an
internal spat between Romanian MEPs and the Italian MEP Alessandra
Mussolini, granddaughter of former dictator Benito Mussolini.

 

The Romanian members accuse Mussolini of insulting the Romanian people
following her comments that breaking the law was "a way of life for
Romanians".

 

The Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty (ITS) group was formed in January
2007 and included extreme-right MEPs from six countries. The group's
dissolution means that parliamentary work becomes more difficult for those
extremist politicians who formed the group. 

 

"The dissolution of such a group - that ranged from Mr. Le Pen to Ms.
Mussolini and everything that represented the extreme right and all its
sinister connotations in certain member states is very good news. The task
remains to create the conditions for the end of political influence for
these movements in our respective societies" said GUE/NGL President Francis
Wurtz today.

 
GUE/NGL Press
Gianfranco Battistini +32 475 64 66 28
David Lundy +32 485 50 58 12
www.guengl.eu <http://www.guengl.eu/> 
 
The GUE/NGL (European United Left/Nordic Green Left) Group is made up of
forty-one MEPs from sixteen parties in thirteen European countries.
 
Le Groupe GUE/NGL (Gauche unitaire européenne/Gauche verte nordique) est
composé de 41 députés issus de 16 partis politiques de 13 pays européens.
 

El Grupo GUE/NGL (Izquierda Unitaria Europea/ Izquierda Verde Nórdica) está
compuesto por 41 diputados de 16 partidos políticos de 13 países europeos.

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