On Thursday, 23 May, the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) announced, via Twitter, its decision “not to recognise the formation of the new political group of New European Democrats/Europe of Nations and Freedoms”.
The group, which was reportedly chaired by Martin Graf from the far-right Austrian party Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ), wanted to bring together parliamentarians from Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, the German...