Poland's Kaczynski says Le Pen's party 'linked to Moscow'

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Source: Associated Press

Poland’s Kaczynski says Le Pen’s party ‘linked to Moscow’

By VANESSA GERA
May 22, 2019

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s nationalist ruling party leader said political groupings in some European Union states, including Marine Le Pen’s party in France, are “obviously linked to Moscow and receive its support.”

Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s comment in the Gazeta Polska weekly that was published Wednesday suggest that his party’s wariness toward Russia could be an impediment to working with Le Pen’s National Rally or the right-wing League party of Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who is also friendly toward Russia.

Salvini has positioned himself at the forefront of a growing movement of nationalist leaders seeking to free the EU’s 28 nations from what he called Brussels’ “illegal occupation.”

He gathered nationalists, including Le Pen, from across Europe in Milan on Saturday seeking unity ahead of this weekend’s elections to the European Parliament.

Salvini also visited Warsaw earlier this year seeking to woo Law and Justice to his grouping, but found limits to cooperation due to Poland’s bitter memories of occupation and control by Moscow over centuries.

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