Alliance for Peace and Freedom

{{Infobox political party

| name = Alliance for Peace and Freedom

| abbreviation = APF

| logo = File:APF group logo.png

| colorcode = Black

| country = the European Union

| leader1_title = President/Chairman

| leader1_name = Roberto Fiore

| leader2_title = Vice-Chairman

| leader2_name = Nick Griffin

| foundation = 4 February 2015

| ideology = {{Nowrap|Ultranationalism{{cite web|url=http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2015-03-25/kremlin-hosts-european-extreme-right|title=The Kremlin 'hosts' the European extreme right|website=osw.waw.pl|date=25 March 2015|accessdate=15 March 2016}}
Neo-fascism{{Cite journal|last=Shaffer|first=Ryan|date=2018|title=Pan-European thought in British fascism: the International Third Position and the Alliance for Peace and Freedom|journal=Patterns of Prejudice|volume=52|pages=78–99|doi=10.1080/0031322X.2017.1417191|quote=The APF was founded in 2015 as a pan-European political party that included dozens of leading fascist officials from parties throughout Europe...|s2cid=148834755}}
Faction:{{Efn|Several parties, such as the DSSS or Die Heimat, are openly neo-Nazi or, like DN, have clear ties to neo-Nazism. Several board members such as Tomáš Vandas or Stefan Jacobsson are or have past leadership in neo-Nazi parties.}}
Neo-Nazism}}

| predecessor = European National Front

| headquarters = Sentier de Montigny 6060, Gilly, Belgium

| think_tank = Europa Terra Nostra

| position = Far-right{{cite news |last= Mützel |first= Daniel |date= 27 April 2016 |title= European Parliament funding of neo-Nazi conference rings alarm bells |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/euro-finance/news/european-parliament-funding-of-neo-nazi-conference-rings-alarm-bells/ |work= EURACTIV |access-date= 3 August 2019}}

| europarl = Non-Inscrits

| website = {{URL|apfeurope.eu}}

| affiliation1_title = Allies

| flag =

}}

The Alliance for Peace and Freedom (APF) is a far-right European political alliance and former European political party founded on 4 February 2015.European political party#Former European parties The main member parties were involved in the defunct European National Front.

The alliance wishes to establish a network of nationalist movements across Europe that will cooperate to strengthen their shared ideals.{{cite web|url=https://apfeurope.com/where-we-stand/|title=Where we stand|website=apfeurope.com|access-date=3 June 2019|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924101149/https://apfeurope.com/where-we-stand/|url-status=dead}} It cooperates and supports other nationalist groups across Europe that are not members, these include former party member Golden Dawn, Tricolour Flame,{{cite web|url=https://apfeurope.com/2018/05/milan-congress-and-meeting/|title=Milan Congress and Meeting|website=apfeurope.com|access-date=3 June 2019|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142538/https://apfeurope.com/2018/05/milan-congress-and-meeting/|url-status=dead}} Alternative for Sweden{{Cite web|url=https://en-gb.facebook.com/AlliancePeaceFreedom/posts/1597526463715660|title=Alliance for Peace and Freedom|website=en-gb.facebook.com}} and the ELAM.{{Cite web|url=https://en-gb.facebook.com/AlliancePeaceFreedom/posts/1613408535460786|title=Alliance for Peace and Freedom|website=en-gb.facebook.com}} The alliance is described as neo-Nazi by several newspapers,{{cite web |last=Mützel |first=Daniel |date=28 April 2016 |title=Le Parlement européen finance une conférence néonazie |url=http://www.euractiv.fr/section/politique/news/european-parliament-funding-of-neo-nazi-conference-rings-alarm-bells/ |access-date= |website=EurActiv |language=fr}}{{cite news |last1=Stroobants |first1=Jean-Pierre |date=30 April 2016 |title=Des fonds européens pour un rassemblement de néonazis |language=fr |newspaper=Le Monde |publisher= |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2016/04/30/des-fonds-europeens-pour-un-rassemblement-de-neonazis_4911465_3214.html |access-date= |issn=1950-6244}} and neo-fascist by others.{{cite web |last=Palmeri |first=Tara |date=20 April 2016 |title=Manfred Weber calls for defunding of 'neo-fascist' political group |url=http://www.politico.eu/article/manfred-weber-calls-for-defunding-of-neo-fascist-political-group-alliance-for-peace-and-freedom/ |access-date= |website=Politico Europe}}{{cite web |date=5 April 2018 |title=Jean-Marie Le Pen rejoint un parti européen néofasciste |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2018/04/05/jean-marie-le-pen-rejoint-un-parti-europeen-neofasciste_5281081_3214.html |access-date= |website=Le Monde |language=fr}}

The group works for "a Europe of sovereign nations in which the independent states work together on a confederated basis", and for the perennity and the safeguarding of ancestral European traditions such as the Christian tradition.{{cite web|title=Statement of Principles|url=https://apfeurope.com/statement-of-principles/|website=apfeurope.com|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-date=6 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806182439/https://apfeurope.com/statement-of-principles/|url-status=dead}}

Europa Terra Nostra

The Europa Terra Nostra is the official European political foundation of the APF. The ETN was founded 3 July 2015 in Berlin where it continues to operate as the official think-tank of the APF and serves as the European framework for national foundations/think-tanks recognised by APF member-parties.{{cite web|url=https://apfeurope.com/pages-2/faq/|title=STATUTES|website=apfeurope.com|access-date=3 June 2019|archive-date=5 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105232217/https://apfeurope.com/pages-2/faq/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://europa-terra-nostra.com/?page_id=1122|title=Über uns|website=europa-terra-nostra.com|access-date=8 June 2019|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516235739/https://europa-terra-nostra.com/?page_id=1122|url-status=dead}}

International connections

The APF works to co-ordinate European nationalist parties across the continent. It helped establish the Italy for the Italians coalition composed of APF member New Force along with Tricolour Flame. In 2017 the APF aided in the formation of the National Identity Bloc in Europe coalition, APF members, United Romania Party and Noua Dreaptă joined forces with the Greater Romania Party.{{cite web|url=https://www.cotidianul.ro/partidul-lui-sebastian-ghita-la-brat-cu-prm-si-noua-dreapta/|title=Partidul lui Sebastian Ghiță, la braț cu PRM și "Noua Dreaptă"|date=27 March 2017|website=cotidianul.ro}} In 2019 The APF played a part in forming the ADÑ Identidad Española coalition, composed of APF member National Democracy, FE-JONS, Spanish Alternative and La Falange.{{Cite web|url=https://en-gb.facebook.com/AlliancePeaceFreedom/posts/1541062592695381|title=Alliance for Peace and Freedom|website=en-gb.facebook.com}}

The party also maintains contacts with the former leader of the National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was expelled from his party in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://alliance-for-peace-and-freedom.com/2016/03/success-for-apf-conference-in-paris/|title=Success for APF conference in Paris|website=apfeuropa.com|date=22 March 2016|access-date=7 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415074426/https://alliance-for-peace-and-freedom.com/2016/03/success-for-apf-conference-in-paris/|archive-date=15 April 2016|url-status=dead}} He joined the group in March 2018 as an Honorary Chairman and held this position until his death in January 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20180407/frances-jean-marie-le-pen-joins-european-far-right-alliance|title=France's Jean-Marie Le Pen joins European far-right alliance|website=thelocal.fr|date=7 April 2018|access-date=15 June 2018}}

The APF maintains contacts with conservative circles in Russia with the group being invited to conferences hosted by the Kremlin.{{cite web|url=http://www.interpretermag.com/the-far-right-international-russian-conservative-forum-to-take-place-in-russia/|title=The Far-Right "International Russian Conservative Forum" to Take Place in Russia|website=interpretermag.com}} The party supports Vladimir Putin and United Russia's leadership of Russia, especially in the Russo-Ukrainian War and Syrian Civil War.{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/556ed172-d0b9-11e4-982a-00144feab7de.html|title=To Russia with love, from Europe's far-right fringe|website=Financial Times|date=22 March 2015|access-date=15 March 2016}} The party is supportive of Alexander Lukashenko and maintains contacts with the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus.{{cite web|url=https://apfeurope.com/2016/04/belarus-report-on-apf-delegation-to-a-stronghold-of-social-nationalism/|title=Belarus – report on APF delegation to a stronghold of social nationalism|website=apfeurope.com|access-date=4 June 2019|archive-date=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713205004/https://apfeurope.com/2016/04/belarus-report-on-apf-delegation-to-a-stronghold-of-social-nationalism/|url-status=dead}}

The APF strongly supports Serbian nationalists and is opposed to international recognition of Kosovo, it has worked in the past with the Serbian Radical Party.{{cite web|url=https://apfeurope.com/2016/04/1944/|title=Nick Griffin visits Serbia – more APF expansion on the way|website=apfeurope.com|access-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925035054/https://apfeurope.com/2016/04/1944/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=dead}} On 26 September 2021, the APF held a conference in Belgrade hosted by the Serbian Right.{{Cite web|url=https://apfeurope.eu/2021/10/01/apf-congress-in-belgrade/|title=APF Congress in Belgrade|date=October 2021}}

It maintains friendly relations with the Syrian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party government with deputy chairman, Nick Griffin being invited to Syria by Bashar al-Assad multiple times as an ambassador.{{cite web |date=6 June 2015 |title=Alliance of Peace and Freedom delegation: Europe must take Syria's side and fight terrorism |url=http://syriatimes.sy/index.php/news/local/18192-alliance-of-peace-and-freedom-delegation-europe-must-take-syria-s-side-and-fight-terrorism |access-date= |website=Syria Times}} Meetings between the party and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party have been held with the AFP publicly supporting the SSNP.{{cite web|url=https://apfeurope.com/2016/05/report-on-latest-apf-visit-to-syria/|title=REPORT ON LATEST APF VISIT TO SYRIA|website=apfeurope.com|access-date=4 June 2019|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626204725/https://apfeurope.com/2016/05/report-on-latest-apf-visit-to-syria/|url-status=dead}} The group maintains contacts with Hezbollah and has hosted at least one meeting with Hezbollah leaders.{{cite web |title=Hizbullah Official In Beirut Receives Visiting Far-Right 'Alliance For Freedom And Peace' Party Members From UK, Italy, Belgium, Germany, And Croatia – Who Express Support For Hizbullah's Fight Against Israel |url=https://www.memri.org/reports/hizbullah-official-beirut-receives-visiting-far-right-alliance-freedom-and-peace-party |website=memri.org |publisher=Middle East Media Research Institute |access-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822130706/https://www.memri.org/reports/hizbullah-official-beirut-receives-visiting-far-right-alliance-freedom-and-peace-party |archive-date=22 August 2021 |language=ar, en |date=19 March 2019 |url-status=live}} The group has been in regular contact with Lebanese leader Michel Aoun and the ruling Free Patriotic Movement.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AlliancePeaceFreedom/posts/1570373536430953|title=Alliance for Peace and Freedom|website=facebook.com}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}}

Member parties

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"

! Country

! Party

! Leader

! Political group
in 2024–2029 term

! European Parliament

! National lower houses

! Position in national legislature

rowspan = 2 |{{flagu|Belgium}}

| Nation

| Hervé Van Laethem

| None

| {{composition bar|0|21|hex={{party color|Vlaams Belang}}}}

| {{composition bar|0|150|hex={{party color|Vlaams Belang}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

Flanders and Identity{{Cite web|url=https://apfeurope.com/2016/03/17/apf-welcomes-vlaanderen-identitair-vli-as-partner-in-flanders/|title=APF welcomes "Vlaanderen Identitair" (VLI) as partner in Flanders – APF|first=Stefan|last=Jacobsson|access-date=24 July 2020|archive-date=22 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222115133/https://apfeurope.com/2016/03/17/apf-welcomes-vlaanderen-identitair-vli-as-partner-in-flanders/|url-status=dead}}
Vlaanderen Identitair (VLI)

| Rob Verreycken

| None

| {{composition bar|0|21|hex={{party color|Vlaams Belang}}}}

| {{composition bar|0|150|hex={{party color|Vlaams Belang}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

rowspan="2" | {{flagu|France}}

| Jeanne Committees{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20180407/frances-jean-marie-le-pen-joins-european-far-right-alliance|title=France's Jean-Marie Le Pen joins European far-right alliance|date=7 April 2018|website=thelocal.fr}} (Associate)
Comités Jeanne (CJ)

| Vacant

| None

| {{Infobox political party/seats|0|74|hex=#000080}}

| {{composition bar|0|577|hex={{party color|National Democratic Party of Germany}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

The Nationalists{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/2941640/apres-new-york-l-allemagne--marine-le-pen-est-elle-maudite-dans-son-tour-du-monde-des-populistes--jean-yves-camus|title=Après New York, l'Allemagne : Marine Le Pen est-elle maudite dans son tour du monde des populistes ?|website=Atlantico.fr|date=27 January 2017|language=fr|access-date=8 September 2019}}
Les Nationalistes

| Yvan Benedetti

| None

| {{Infobox political party/seats|0|74|hex=#000080}}

| {{composition bar|0|577|hex={{party color|National Democratic Party of Germany}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

| The Homeland (formerly the National Democratic Party of Germany)
Die Heimat (DH) (formerly the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands)

| Frank Franz

| None

| {{composition bar|0|96|hex={{party color|National Democratic Party of Germany}}}}

| {{composition bar|0|709|hex={{party color|National Democratic Party of Germany}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

| Popular Greek Patriotic Union{{Cite web|url=http://ellinikipatriotikienosi.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-popular-hellenic-patriotic-union.html|title=The Popular Hellenic Patriotic Union (LEPEN) is a member of the European Political Party , Alliance for Peace and Freedom (APF).|date=5 July 2018|website=ΛΑ'Ι'ΚΗ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΑΤΡΙΩΤΙΚΗ ΕΝΩΣΗ|access-date=11 June 2019}}
Laiki Elliniki Patriotiki Enosi ({{Italics correction|LEPEN}})

| Christos Rigas

| None

|{{composition bar|0|21|#000000}}

|{{composition bar|0|300|#000000}}

| {{No|No seats}}

| New Force
Forza Nuova (FN)

| Roberto Fiore

| None

| {{composition bar|0|73|hex={{party color|Lega Nord}}}}

| {{composition bar|0|630|hex={{party color|Lega Nord}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

|Dutch People's Union

Nederlandse Volks-Unie (NVU)

|Constant Kusters

| None

| {{composition bar|0|14|hex={{party color|European Pirate Party}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|150|hex={{party color|European Pirate Party}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

| New Right
Noua Dreaptă (ND)

| Tudor Ionescu

| None

| {{composition bar|0|32|hex={{party color|Lega Nord}}}}

| {{composition bar|0|136|hex={{party color|Lega Nord}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

| People's Party - Our Slovakia
Ľudová strana – Naše Slovensko (ĽSNS)

| Marian Kotleba

| None

| {{composition bar|0|14|hex={{party color|European Pirate Party}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|150|hex={{party color|European Pirate Party}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

| National Democracy
Democracia Nacional (DN)

| Luis Mateos de Vega

| None

| {{composition bar|0|54|hex={{party color|National Democracy (Spain)}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|350|hex={{party color|National Democracy (Spain)}}}}

| {{No|No seats}}

= Former member parties =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"

! Country

! Party

! Abbr.

! Leader

! Left the AFP

| Workers' Party of Social Justice
Czech: Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti

| DSSS

| Tomáš Vandas

|2024 (party dissolved)

| Party of the Danes
Danish: Danskernes Parti

| DP

| Daniel Carlsen

|2017 (party dissolved){{Cite web|url=http://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE9677658/danskernes-parti-nedlaegger-sig-selv-partiformanden-har-trukket-sig/|title=Danskernes Parti nedlægger sig selv: Partiformanden har trukket sig – Politik|date=26 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626201139/http://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE9677658/danskernes-parti-nedlaegger-sig-selv-partiformanden-har-trukket-sig/|archive-date=26 June 2017}}

|{{Interlanguage link|The French Dissent|lt=|fr|Dissidence française|WD=}}{{Cite web|url=https://la-dissidence.org/2019/08/06/la-dissidence-francaise-rejoint-lapf/|title=La Dissidence Française rejoint l'APF|date=6 August 2019|website=Dissidence Française|language=fr-FR|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-date=14 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914080700/https://la-dissidence.org/2019/08/06/la-dissidence-francaise-rejoint-lapf/|url-status=dead}}
French: La Dissidence Française

|DF

|Vincent Vauclin{{Cite web|url=https://la-dissidence.org/vincent-vauclin-dissidence-francaise/|title=VINCENT VAUCLIN|date=9 March 2016|website=Dissidence Française|language=fr-FR|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234000/https://la-dissidence.org/vincent-vauclin-dissidence-francaise/|url-status=dead}}

|2020 (party dissolved)

rowspan=2 | {{flagu|Greece}}

| Golden Dawn
Greek: Χρυσή Αυγή

| ΧΑ

| Nikolaos Michaloliakos

| 2017 {{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}

National Popular Consciousness{{Cite web|title=Στην ευρωομάδα APF η ΕΛΑΣΥΝ. Ο Γ. Λαγός εκπρόσωπος της ομάδας στο ευρωκοινοβούλιο [+βιδεο]|url=http://panusis.blogspot.com/2020/09/apf.html|access-date=24 September 2020|language=el}}
Ethnikí Laïkí Syneídisi

| ELASYN

| Giannis Lagos

| 2023 (party dissolved)

| United Romania Party
Romanian: Partidul România Unită

| PRU

| Robert Bugă

| 2019 (party dissolved)

| Party of the Swedes
Swedish: Svenskarnas parti

| SvP

| Stefan Jacobsson

| 2015 (party dissolved){{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/svenskarnas-parti-upploses/|title=Svenskarnas parti läggs ned | Expressen|website=Expressen|date=10 May 2015 }}

| The Phalanx
Spanish: La Falange

| FE/La Falange

| Manuel Andrino Lobo

| 2024 (party dissolved)

Executive Board

Member	Position	Country	Political party
class="wikitable"
Roberto Fiore{{cite web\|url=https://apfeurope.com/our-members/\|title=Our Board\|website=apfeurope.com\|access-date=4 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106061017/https://apfeurope.com/our-members/\|archive-date=6 January 2017\|url-status=dead}} \|President/Chairman \|{{Flagu\|Italy}} \|FN
Nick Griffin \|Deputy chairman \|{{Flagu\|United Kingdom}} \|
Jean-Marie Le Pen{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20180407/frances-jean-marie-le-pen-joins-european-far-right-alliance\|title=France's Jean-Marie Le Pen joins European far-right alliance\|date=7 April 2018\|website=thelocal.fr}} \|Honorary chairman \|{{FR}} \|CJ
\|
Tomáš Vandas \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Czech Republic}} \|
Gonzalo Martín García \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Spain}} \|DN
{{Interlanguage link\|Hervé Van Laethem\|fr}} \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Belgium}} \|Nation
Olivier Wyssa \|Board member \|{{FR}} \|
Martin Beluský \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Slovakia}} \|ĽSNS
{{Interlanguage link\|Ingo Stawitz\|de}} \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Germany}} \|NPD

MEPs

= Eighth European Parliament (2014–2019) =

class="wikitable"
Member	Political group	Country	Political party
Jean Marie Le Pen \| Non-Inscrits \|{{Flagu\|France}} \|CJ
Udo Voigt \| Non-Inscrits \|{{Flagu\|Germany}} \|NPD

class="wikitable"

Member

Political group

Country

Political party

Jean Marie Le Pen

| Non-Inscrits

|{{Flagu|France}}

|CJ

Udo Voigt

| Non-Inscrits

|{{Flagu|Germany}}

|NPD

= Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024) =

class="wikitable"
Member	Political group	Country	Political party
Ioannis Lagos \| Non-Inscrits \|{{Flagu\|Greece}} \|ELASYN

class="wikitable"

Member

Political group

Country

Political party

Ioannis Lagos

| Non-Inscrits

|{{Flagu|Greece}}

|ELASYN

References

Notes

External links

[http://apfeurope.eu/ Official website]

Category:Nationalist organizations

Category:European political alliances

Category:Former European political parties

Category:2015 establishments in the European Union

Category:Political parties established in 2015

Category:Neo-fascist parties

Category:Neo-Nazism in Europe

Category:Neo-Nazi political parties in Europe

Category:Far-right political parties

Category:Far-right politics in Europe

Member	Position	Country	Political party
class="wikitable"
Roberto Fiore{{cite web\|url=https://apfeurope.com/our-members/\|title=Our Board\|website=apfeurope.com\|access-date=4 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106061017/https://apfeurope.com/our-members/\|archive-date=6 January 2017\|url-status=dead}} \|President/Chairman \|{{Flagu\|Italy}} \|FN
Nick Griffin \|Deputy chairman \|{{Flagu\|United Kingdom}} \|
Jean-Marie Le Pen{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20180407/frances-jean-marie-le-pen-joins-european-far-right-alliance\|title=France's Jean-Marie Le Pen joins European far-right alliance\|date=7 April 2018\|website=thelocal.fr}} \|Honorary chairman \|{{FR}} \|CJ
\|
Tomáš Vandas \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Czech Republic}} \|
Gonzalo Martín García \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Spain}} \|DN
{{Interlanguage link\|Hervé Van Laethem\|fr}} \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Belgium}} \|Nation
Olivier Wyssa \|Board member \|{{FR}} \|
Martin Beluský \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Slovakia}} \|ĽSNS
{{Interlanguage link\|Ingo Stawitz\|de}} \|Board member \|{{Flagu\|Germany}} \|NPD

Alliance for Peace and Freedom

Europa Terra Nostra

International connections

Member parties

= Former member parties =

Executive Board

MEPs

= Eighth European Parliament (2014–2019) =

= Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024) =

See also

References

Notes

External links