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"The EU Is Not Europe!" - Marine Le Pen Rallies Nationalists In Call For Rebirth Of Europe's Nations
Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News Tuesday, Jun 10, 2025
French nationalist politician Marine Le Pen launched a scathing attack on the trajectory of the European Union at the Patriots for Europe rally in France on Monday, declaring, “We don’t want to leave Europe. We want out of this Europe, because it is not Europe.”
Addressing a crowd of allies and supporters from across the continent, Le Pen opened her speech with a rejection of the EU’s current direction, accusing it of becoming a “merchant, wokist, ultraliberal empire” that tramples national sovereignty and democratic choice.
“Our Europe does not reside in Brussels,” Le Pen said. “What we are seeing today on our continent is in no way European. It is a counterfeit, a cold, fleshless, soulless machine.” She accused the European Union of replacing citizens with “interchangeable masses,” nations with “administered regions,” and elected leaders with “provincial governors.”
Framing the current political moment as a turning point in European history, Le Pen warned, “This is no ordinary hour. This is not just a political step. It is a fracture in history, a moment of truth where much more than the fate of a mandate or a parliament is at stake. What is at stake here is the freedom of peoples, the dignity of peoples, the existence of our nations.”
Her speech celebrated the formation of the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament, now the third-largest bloc, comprising nationalist and conservative parties, including the Netherlands’ PVV, Hungary’s Fidesz, Austria’s FPÖ, Italy’s Lega, and Spain’s Vox. “This group is as united as the fingers of one hand, united by a shared vision of life and the world, but also united by a great political project for our homelands and our Europe,” she told the crowd.
She paid tribute to allies like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán — calling Hungary “a beacon nation in EuroPost too long. Click here to view the full text.