Europe of Nations and Freedom

Europe of Nations and Freedom
European Parliament group
English abbr.ENF
French abbr.ENL
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[10][11] to
far-right[4][12][13][14][15]
European partiesMovement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom
From15 June 2015
To13 June 2019
Succeeded byIdentity and Democracy
Chaired byNicolas Bay
Marcel de Graaff
Websiteenf.eu (archived URL)

Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF; French: Europe des nations et des libertés, ENL) was a far-right[16][17][18][19] political group that operated in the European Parliament between 2015 and 2019. It was composed of 37 MEPs and only existed during the European Parliament's 8th term. Most of its MPs were members of the Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom political party.

Ideologically, ENF was right-wing populist and Eurosceptic. Its members included far-right parties such as French National Front (known as National Rally after 2018), Italian Lega Nord, Dutch Party for Freedom, and Vlaams Belang. After the 2019 European Parliament election, ENF was transformed into the Identity and Democracy group.[20]

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  19. ^ Oltermann, Philip (24 October 2017). "Austria's far-right Freedom party invited to enter coalition talks". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  20. ^ "France's Le Pen unveils new far-right European Parliament group". Reuters. 13 June 2019.