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moondust

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Sat Dec 16, 2017, 08:51 PM Dec 2017

Populist far-right leaders want no EU in future Europe

Source: Washington Post

December 16, 2017

PRAGUE — Far-right populists in Europe vowed Saturday to work together to create a new model of intercontinental cooperation that is far removed from the European Union.

Leaders of parties from France, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Britain and other countries met in Prague to discuss ideas for Europe’s future under the headline “For a Europe of Sovereign Nations.”

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Geert Wilders, founder of the Dutch anti-Islam Party for Freedom, followed suit.

“We must have the courage, to introduce travel bans as President Trump has done in the United States,” he said. “We must have the courage to restrict legal immigration instead of expanding it. We must have the courage to repatriate the illegal immigrants.”

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/populist-far-right-leaders-want-no-eu-in-future-europe/2017/12/16/421b2d0a-e28b-11e7-b2e9-8c636f076c76_story.html



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Populist far-right leaders want no EU in future Europe (Original Post) moondust Dec 2017 OP
Ugh is right. mountain grammy Dec 2017 #1
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