Steve Bannon Sets Sights On Europe With Planned New Political Project
Steve Bannon built his career on right-wing politics inside the United States but now he's taking on a new frontier: the European Parliament.
Bannon described his plan to create a right-leaning foundation called "The Movement" to The Daily Beast. He plans to establish its headquarters in Brussels.
The Movement, according to Bannon's account, is envisioned as a non-profit organization that will serve as the right's equivalent of George Soros' Open Society.
Bannon's goal is to create a hub where the populist right can receive help with polling, research, voter targeting, policy proposals, and field operations among other efforts to help unite European populist groups.
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/24/631581749/steve-bannon-sets-sights-on-europe-with-planned-new-political-project
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(41,048 posts)DW, *German Politicians Allied Against Steve Bannon* July 2018.
Steve Bannon plans to build a right-wing populist think tank in Europe. German lawmakers called the plans by the former adviser to the US president to influence the 2019 European elections "a frontal attack on the EU."
Plans by US far-right figure Steve Bannon to influence the European Parliament's 2019 election have been met with alarm across Germany's political spectrum. Bannon has become a controversial figure, known for his ties to the campaigns for the UK to leave the European Union and the election of US President Donald Trump.
"We have to fight now, with good arguments, confident and true," said Michael Roth, a center-left Social Democratic (SPD) lawmaker and minister of state for Europe in an interview with Die Welt newspaper..
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