Event Description

Steve Bannon met with multiple European right-wing populist leaders including Hungarian Viktor Orbán, French Marine Le Pen, British Nigel Farage, and Italian Matteo Salvini, as part of his effort to create a populist alliance or 'super group' aimed at winning up to a third of the European Parliament in the May 2019 elections.

Quoted Evidence

“he has already met, among others, the Hungarian Orban, the French Marine Le Pen and the former leader of the British separatists Nigel Farage... The aim is to create a populist alliance, a sort of 'super group' that if victorious can conquer up to a third of the European Parliament in the elections next May.”

Trafficking Assessment