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Past Events

July 31 - August 2 
The ‘MCC Feszt’ took place in Esztergom (Hungary) with up to 50.000 visitors according to the organizer’s website. Beside cultural activities for kids and families there were 65 music events and 314 speaking events during three days. 
On a panel ‘Turning the Tide?: Immigration critical parties in government’ were discussing Yonatan Jakubowicz (Israel), Mark Krikorian (USA), Nicolas Monti (France), Jim Robb (USA). The panel was „powered by the Migration Research Institute and the International Network for Immigration Research”.
On a panel ‘A Woke Soap Opera: The Love Story between Brussels and Latin America’s Neo-Marxist NGOs’ were discussing Péter Törcsi (Hungary), Alejandro Pena Esclusa (Venezuela), Mamilla Fiallo Flor (Ecuador), Moderator: Jorge González-Gallarza (Hungary). The panel was „powered by the Center for Fundamental Rights” (Hungary).
More speakers were: Viktor Orbán, Peter Thiel, Dominic Cummings, Mick Hume, Richard Schwab, Balácz Orbán, Philip Pilkington, Anthony Dworkin, Petra Holm, Gladden Pippin, Jeremy Shapiro, Saskia Ludwig (CDU Germany), Bence Bauer, Maximilian Tichy, Krysztof Bosak, Rodrigo Ballester. AfD-co-chair Alice Weidel was visiting according to media reports.

July 28-29 
A ‘Make Europe Great Again’ International Conference took place in Chișinău (Moldova). The organizers from the Moldavian opposition did not give much public information  about the event. Moldovan authorities warned that the conference was linked to the fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor, who is accused of working to destabilise Moldova with Russian backing, euractiv reported. The Czech MEP Ondřej Dostál was deported from Moldova while others like US-American Brian Brown and Greek Dimos Tchanasoulas (Niki) were held at the airport. Brown, who is a well known figure of the World Congress of Families, was granted entry after some hours and also held a speech at the conference. 
The Blog Moldova Matters reports here more about the background of the activities of Shor and his connections to Juan Ángel Soto Gómez, the founder of Fortius Consulting. The ECR, who held similar events in the past, denied their involvement towards Politicos newsletter.

July 19
New York: Summer-Party of Patriots Network.

July 17
Brussels: Summer-Party of Patriots Network.

July 11-13
In Regensburg fand auf Schloss Pürkelgut das AfueraFest statt, „das Sommerfest der konsequent freiheitlichen Partei DIE LIBERTÄREN”.
Ein Vor-Ort-Bericht dazu erschien hier bei der lokalen antifaschistischen Gruppe in Regensburg, anita f. . 

Redner*innen waren unter anderem Florian Handwerker (Vorsitzender der Partei „Die Libertären”), Rainer Zitelmann, Philipp Bagus, Iván Dubois, Thorsten Polleit (Präsident Ludwig von Mises Institut Deutschland), Antony P. Mueller (Ökonom), Joana Cotar, Frauke Petry, Markus Krall, Carlos Gebauer, Christian Bubeck, Ulrich Vosgerau, Peter Boehringer, Titus Gebel (Free Cities Foundation). Mit Infoständen war u.a. das Bündnis Deutschland und AfD-MEP Petr Bystron vertreten, der sein Buch ‘Make Europe Great Again’ bewarb.

Obwohl das Fest in Deutschland selbst auf lokaler Ebene kein großes Echo fand, berichtete die argentinische Presse von dem „libertären Woodstock“, zu dem Lilia Lemoine (Kongress-Abgeordnete der La Libertad Avanza) und Iván Dubois (Mercosur-Abgeordneter und Präsident der International Alliance of Libertarian Parties) angereist waren. „Die Abgeordnete Lilia Lemoine gab von der Bühne aus den europäischen Ländern Ratschläge zur Beendigung der ‚sozialistischen Politik’“. Die Veranstaltung könne als „Punktgewinn des [argentinischen] Präsidenten gewertet werden in seiner Besessenheit, zu einer globalen Figur zu werden“, so Giselle Leclercq in Perfil.

Laut Beobachter*innen blieb die Zahl der Teilnehmenden mit wenigen Hundert Personen weit unter den Erwartungen der Veranstalter zurück. Nach dem Event wurde auch um Spenden geworben. Antifaschistische Aufklärung vor Beginn des Festes hatte dazu geführt, dass eine Band und ein Getränkelieferant absagten. Der rechts-libertäre Youtuber Andreas Tank alias „DerRosarotePanzer” ließ sich mit einem Shirt mit der Aufschrift „Pinochet’s Helicopter Tours Est. 1973“ ablichten, so die Regensburger Antifa. 

July 11
In Berlin fand die „3. Konservative Metropolenkonferenz” der AfD statt. Redner*innen waren laut Veranstalter Kristin Brinker (Vorsitzende der AfD-Hauptstadtfraktion), Sebastian Münzenmaier (stellv. Vorsitzender der AfD-Bundestagsfraktion), Alexander Sell (AfD MdEP), Alexander Bertram, Benjamin Mennerich, Christer Cremer, Wolfgang Wiehle, Feroz Khan (achse:ostwest) und der dänische Journalist Palle Bomholt Andersen (Kopenhagen), moderiert wurde von Silke Schröder. Der angekündigte Fraktionsvorsitzende der Danske Folkeparti im dänischen Folketing, Peter Kofod, war nicht erschienen.
Zu den angeblich 200 Gästen zählten u.a. auch Beatrix von Storch und Lena Kotré. Eine Reihe von Fotos sind bei der AfD-Fraktion auf der Website erschienen.

June 29 - July 3
The 32nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly took place 29 June - 3 July 2025 in Porto, Portugal, under the theme “Commemorating 50 Years of the Helsinki Final Act: Responding to a New Reality in the OSCE.” The German Bundestag attended with a delegation of ten PMs headed by Tobias Winkler (CDU/CSU) and with the members of the AfD Malte Kaufmann and Stefan Keuter.
Official documentation of the session here.

June 28
The first ‘CPAC Latino’ took place in Miami, Florida (USA). See our report in Newsletter #8.

June 28
The 5th “International Women’s Congress” of the group Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) took place in Cologne (Germany). Speakers were Irmhild Boßdorf (AfD MEP), Dr. Bettina Gruber (AfD), Olga Tietz (SDP) from the Czech Republic, a Saskia from the group “Women’s Safety Initiative” from the UK and a speaker from the group “Collectiv Nemesis” from France.  
Around hundred people from Flanders (Belgium), the UK, France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Romania and the Netherlands (FVD) reportedly took part in the event.

June 26-27
IV Cumbre de la Iberosfera in Madrid (Spain), organized by VOX party and Patriots for Europe.
Announced speakers: Jorge Buxadé, Isabel Pérez Moñino, Lina María Garrido, Julien Sánchez, Ricardo Ruiz de la Serna, Eduardo Cader, Zoé Valdés, Inez Stepman, Karina Mariani, Anna Brylka, Mike González, Ádám Kavecsánszki, Jorge Martín Frías, Norma Yarrow, Carlo Fidanza, Maibort Petit, Miguel Ángel Quintana Paz, Anna Maria Cisint, Rubén Pulido, Petra Steger (FPÖ; her report on Instagram), Fabrice Leggeri, Eniko Gyori, Alejandro Peña Esclusa, José Antonio Fúster, Markus Buchheit (AfD MEP; his post on Instagram), Edmaly Maucó.
Report by Diario Las Américas here.

June 24
Brussels: European Freedom Forum by the Patriots for Europe.

June 17
Conference of Patriots for Europe (PfE) in Strasbourg European Parliament on October 7 Terrorist Attacks: Rebuilding after the Chaos. Testemonies from Sabine Taasa and Yoseph Haddad. PfE documentation here.

 

June 12-13
Foro Madrid had its 4th Regional Meeting in Asunción (Paraguay). 40 panelist and 1500 guests were expected. See their announcement here. 
A video documentation of the first day here and of the second day here.
A joined panel from spanish Disenso and Foro with the participation of the PfE Foundation took place with Thibaut Francois, Jorge Martín Frías and Enikő Győri. 

June 11-14
The German far right libertarian Rainer Zitelmann was speaker at the Freedom Fest in the USA. See on their website here.

June 9
Fete de la Victoire in Mormant-sur-Vernisson (France). Media reported about more than 6.000 people attended the meeting with the leaders of the French Rassemblement National (RN) and several heads of far-right parties in Europe. Viktor Orbán, Matteo Salvini, Andrej Babiš and Santiago Abascal showed up to back their long-time ally Marine Le Pen. Reports here from Politico and MSN.

June 9
Washington D.C. (USA): A delegation from the ECR Party including head Mateusz Morawiecki took part in discussions at The Heritage Foundation, focused on the India, Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). 

June 5-6
Stefan Keuter and Malte Kaufmann (both AfD-MPs) attended the OECD meeting on organized crime in Rome (Italy). Kaufmanns post on X see here.

June 4-6
II. PanAmerican Freedom Forum in Orlando / Florida (USA). See also on Instagram.
Confirmed speakers: Blaise Ingoglia, Daniel Garza, George Simion (Romania), Felix Lasarte, Mayra Flores, Marcos Pereira, Yvette Benarroch, Michelle Salzman, Katia Gelbakhiani (@nomadcapitalist), Shane Trejo (@shanethejournalist), Roberto Cidade, Juan Diego Zelaya, Frank Alley, Michael Dust (CDU, Chairman International Young Democratic Union), Bruno Goes (CEO PAFF), Judson Sapp, Jay Collins, William B. Donahue, Luis Figueroa, Scott Singer, Mauricio Galante, Cesar Grajales, Wadi Gaitan, Omar Fernández, Tony Delgado, Mark Ivanyo, Kevin Cooper, Santiago Avila Jr., Cory Mills, Aaron Appuhn (CDU/JU NRW), Enzo Alias (Chairman Patriots Network).

June 1-3
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) released a statement during the 16th plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary (EuroLat) Assembly in Lima (Peru): „Europe and Latin America are united by history, culture and values,” said Carlo Fidanza, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Delegation to EuroLat. „We see Latin America as a Europe outside the EU. Together, we must shape a future of freedom, security and prosperity.”
Full statement here.

May 31
Patriots Network Meeting in Medellin (Colombia). Confirmed spaekers had been: Gabriel Vallejo („Centro Democratico Party“), Paloma Valencia (Member of the Senate of Colombia), Juan Diego Zelaya (National Party Candidate for Mayor of the Capital of Honduras), Alejandro Muñante (Congressman of the Republic of Peru), Cesar Addario (Exor Latam Vice President for Central America & Caribbean), Mariluz Palma Colmenares (Colombian General Director of the Venezuelan opposition), Paola Holguín (Member of the Senate of Colombia), Carlos Augusto Chacon (Director of the Instute of Political Science Hernàn Echavarria).

May 29-30
CPAC Hungary in Budapest with more than 90 speakers and more than 2000 attendants,  organized by the Center for Fundamental Rights. See our short report in our Newsletter #7. 
Speakers were: Viktor Orbán, Antonio Giordano, Mateusz Morawiecki, Andrej Babiš, Herbert Kickl, Harald Vilimsky, Irakli Kobakhidze, Tony Abbott, Liz Truss, Geert Wilders, Alice Weidel, Martin Helme, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Miklós Szánthó, Amichai Chikli, Santiago Abascal, Jorge Buxadé, Matt Schlapp, Stephen Bartulica, Ernst Roets, Morten Messerschmidt, Agustín Laje, José Antonio Kast, Ram Madhav.
Further attendants from Germany: Irmhild Bossdorf (MEP), Rene Aust (MEP), Petr Bystron (MEP), Alexander Jungbluth (MEP), Damian Lohr, Rainer Rothfuss, Beatrix von Storch, Diana Zimmer, Markus Frohnmaier, Damian Lohr, Carlo Clemens, Sven Tritschler, Dimitri Schulz, Anna Nguyen, Martin Kohler, Jurij Kofner, Hans-Georg Maaßen, Paul Klemm, Fabrice Ambrosini, Birgit Kelle, Sven von Storch.

May 23
Spanish ‘Falange Española’ held a demonstration in Madrid with around 300 persons to call for ‘Remigration’. Slogans like ‘Joven español, defiende tu nación’ were chanted and the fascist salute was shown. Report from El País here.

May 22-24
In Athens ‘Study Days’ of the „Patriots for Europe“.

May 17
‘Remigration Summit’ by Identitarian Movement took place in Gallarate, Italy, with around 300-400 persons. See our report in Newsletter #7.

May 14-15
IDU Forum 2025 in Brussels with announced speakers Scott Morrison (Australia), Kemi Badenoch (UK), Sebastian Kurz (Austria), Manfred Weber (Germany), Boris Johnson (UK), David McAllister (Germany), Antonio Giordano (Italy, Secretary General of the ECR). The ECR held a Dinner Party that was addressed by Mateusz Morawiecki via Video.

April 26
‘Remigration Conference!’ of Homeland-Party took place in East Midlands (UK). See the report in our Newsletter #6.

April 25-27
„Liberty Con Europe“, the „largest pro-liberty event in Europe” took place in Prague (Czechia). Organized by Students for Liberty (USA) and supported by partners like Atlas Network, Ayn Rand Institute, Tholos Foundation, Friedrich Naumann Foundation (GER). 
See the report from Andrea Dip in our Newsletter #6.

April 6
Patriots Network Conference in New York. Speakers of the event in the Metropolitan Republican Club were Bruno Goes (Brasil), Frank Alley (Honduras), Cristina-Emanuela Dascălu (Romania - MP AUR), Tina Forte (USA - Republican Party, tbc). 

April 5-9
The 150th Assembly of the IPU - International Parliamentary Union took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 5-9 April 2025.  The German Bundestag sent a delegation headed by Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker (CDU/CSU) with the MPs Carsten Müller (CDU/CSU), Dr. Malte Kaufmann (AfD), Stefan Keuter (AfD), Bettina Lugk (SPD). See this parlamentarian report.

March 27
A far right demonstration took place in Ghent (Belgium) under the slogan “Remigration”, organized by the “Nationalistische Studentenvereiniging” (NSV - Nationalist Students Association). The NSV is a mixed-gender, academic and Flemish nationalist group that provides the cadre of the far right party “Vlaams Belang”. Participants in the demonstration included the neo-fascist Martin Sellner (“Identitarian Movement” from Austria), who also gave a lecture on March 26, 2025. There were reportedly participants from France, Ireland, the Netherlands and AfD MEPs from Germany.

March 15
Patriots Network Meeting in Amsterdam. Confirmed speakers: Filip Dewinter (Belgium), Antonio Tanger Correa (Portugal), Thierry Baudet (Netherlands). This was the third Patriots Network conference this year after others in Brussels on January 30 and Lisbon on February 15. Berlin AfD member Martin Kohler announced himself as the ‘German Coordinator’ of ‘Patriots Network’. 

 

March 14-16
Ayn-Rand-Convention in Berlin. The Ayn Rand Institute announced the event this way: „Designed for students of Objectivism ready to take the next step on their journey, AynRandCon-Europe will give you a chance to meet Ayn Rand University faculty, including prominent Objectivist intellectuals such as Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos. (…) Learn more about pursuing an intellectual career in Objectivism.” The event focused on young persons/students under 35 years. The name giving author Ayn Rand is famous in the right-wing libertarian movements as she spoke out for a capitalism without any restrictions and regulations. 
There has been no report by the institute or media coverage in Germany. A parlamentiary inquiry by the party ‘Die Linke’ about the event did not receive any substantial results.

February 24-25
Joined meeting by Heritage Foundation and the Political Network for Values (PNfV) in Washington, D.C., „to advance the Madrid Commitment, which proposes a decade in favor of freedom and the culture of life, and which we launched during the VI Transatlantic Summit, in the Spanish Senate at the end of last year”. Leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States participated in the workshop, according to PNfV’s website and social media, at the headquarters of the Heritage Foundation. About the VI Transatlantic Summit im Madrid in December 2024 see the report in our Newsletter #2.

February 22
Lukov March in Sofia / Bulgaria
International media reported about the yearly Lukov March in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria. German Nazis from „Die Rechte”, „Heimat” and „Junge Nationalisten” (Youth wing of „Heimat”, former NPD) attended the march as reported by anti-fascist association democ here in German language.
Balkan Insight reported about attacks against the European Commission headquarter including an arson attack during a protest of the far-right Vazrazhdane party (Revival): „Revival supporters set the entrance door of the European Commission building on fire, threw red paint on the facade of the building and burned the flag of the European Union.” Vazrazhdane is member of the AfD-dominated group Europe of Souvereign Nations (ESN) in the European Parliament. Further articles in Austrian Der Standard (german) and Sofia Globe (english).

February 19-22
CPAC meeting in Washington, DC, was more of a meeting of governments than of far-right opposition leaders. Speakers were among others JD Vance, Elon Musk, Nigel Farage, Javier Milei. Here are articles from German media Süddeutsche Zeitung and Correctiv. AfD- and ESN-members attended with a nine person delegation with Marc Jongen (AfD), Petr Bystron (AfD), Christine Anderson (AfD), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (MHM - Ungarn), Milan Uhrik (Slowakei), Marcin Sypniewski (Poland), Petras Grazulis (Latvija), Stanislav Stoyanov (Bulgaria). Further attendants: Liz Truss (UK), Hans-Georg Maaßen (Germany).

February 17-19
The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship’s (ARC) Conference 2025 took place in the Exhibition Centre London in the eastern part of the city.
See our report in Newsletter #5.

February 15
Patriots Network Conference in Lisbon (Portugal). Dozens of people gathered in a library but not even André Ventura, leader of Chega, attended. Representing Chega were Rita Matias, Pedro Frazão (MP) and Miguel Corte Real. The left lodged a formal protest about the use of public equipment for this kind of event, but organizers claimed that they complied with the protocols. The Hungarian Ambassador in Portugal was also there and praised Orbán and Javier Milei and JD Vance.

February 8
‘Toma La Palabra’ conference of Hacer Nacion in Madrid. Announced guests were Martin Sellner (Austria), Miguel Ángel Quintana Paz (Academic Director of ISSEP Madrid) and Paloma Hernández (Spain), Reinhild Boßdorf (Germany) and others. Hacer Nation is a small party project of the Identitarian wing in spanish Neonazism.

February 7-8
Madrid Summit by the Patriots for Europe titled „Make Europe Great Again” (MEGA).

January 30
Patriots Network Conference in Brussels. 

January 28-29
European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) met for the Make Europe Great Again (MEGA) conference. See the report in Newsletter #3.

January 24-25
„Europa Aeterna“-Konferenz „Konservativismus - alles was recht(s) ist?“ in Wien, u.a. mit David Engels und Andreas Mölzer.

December 13–15
International ECR Party International delegation to Atreju, the annual event by the Fratelli d’Italia in Rome. See the report in our Newsletter #2 from January 2025.

December 3-5
IDU Forum Washington, DC 2024, one of the IDU annual events. IDU reports here.

December 3–4
CPAC Argentina 2024 en Buenos Aires. See the report in our Newsletter #2 from January 2025.

December 2
VI. Transatlantic Summit of the Political Network for Values (PNfV) in Madrid, under the headline ‚For freedom and a culture of life‘. See the report in our Newsletter #2 from January 2025.