Published 12 October 2021 at 15.51
Abroad. The French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen now tells about how the Sweden Democrats suddenly broke contact with her and other immigration-critical parties in Europe.
– I really do not understand this will to absolutely want to be completely outside, she says to Expressen about it Swedish party.
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SD joined the EU-friendly party group ECR in 2018 and has since increasingly distanced itself from other immigration-critical parties within the union.
The governing parties in Hungary and Poland, together with including Marine Le Pen and Italian Lega Nord, this year launched an alliance against immigration. But SD does not want to join but has referred to the “view of Russia” is more important.
In September, SD leader Jimmie Åkesson went out to Expressen and distanced himself from the countries Poland and Hungary, which he seems to perceive as for right-wingers for their more liberal taste.
Now Marine Le Pen comments on the relationship with SD in an interview with Expressen.
– It went in two phases. In a first phase, our relationships were extremely cordial and we worked well together. But then I do not understand what happened. Our contacts were broken suddenly and brutally. It's a real shame, she says.
Marine Le Pen states that SD “of course” would have had its place in her large nationalist EU group with parties such as the Spanish Vox, the True Finns, the Italian Lega and the German AFD.
– I really do not understand this desire to stand, to absolutely want to stand completely outside. But things can change, says Marine Le Pen to Expressen.