Pan-European nationalism


European nationalism is a form of nationalism based on a pan-European identity explicitly advocated by a number of neo-fascist splinter groups in the 1950s. It is considered minor since the National Party of Europe disintegrated in the 1970s.

History of European nationalism

In Britain, British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosley led the Union Movement, advocating its "Europe a Nation" policy, during 1948-1973. In 1950, Mosley co-founded the European Social Movement, collaborating with comparable groups on the continent. The organisation was mostly defunct by 1957, and was succeeded by the National Party of Europe, formed in 1962 by Mosley and the leaders of the German nationalist party Deutsche Reichspartei, the Italian Social Movement, Jeune Europe and the Mouvement d'Action Civique. The movement remained active during the 1960s, but mostly disbanded during the 1970s.

The 1962 ''European Declaration''

In their "European Declaration" of 1 March 1962, the National Party of Europe called for the creation of a European nation state through a common European government and an elected European parliament, the withdrawal of American and Soviet forces from Europe and the dissolution of the United Nations, to be replaced by an international body led by the USA, USSR and Europe as three equals. The territory of the European state was to be that of all European nations outside the Soviet Union, including the British Isles, and their overseas possessions.

Current situation

In 2014, Raphael Schlembach describes the existence of "a form of pan-European nationalism — a 'Europe for the Europeans' — that is based upon anti-Americanism and ethno-pluralism" within "some sections" of European neo-fascism. Indeed, European nationalist organisations did continue to exist on a minor scale after the disintegration of the National Party of Europe in the 1970s, but no group advocates a "European nation state".
According to scholars, former European nationalist groups now propose a European ethnic federalism based on an ideology of "European culturalism", or according to Dimitri Almeida, underwent a "Eurosceptic turn", the ideology of European nationalism being largely replaced by hard Euroscepticism by the 2010s.

Identity and Democracy

grouping is a far-right political group of the European Parliament launched on 13 June 2019 for the Ninth European Parliament term. It is composed of nationalist, populist and eurosceptic national parties from ten European nations. It is the successor to the Europe of Nations and Freedom group formed during the eighth term. Its members are the Freedom Party of Austria, Flemish Interest, Freedom and Direct Democracy, Danish People's Party, Conservative People's Party of Estonia, Finns Party, National Rally, Alternative for Germany, Lega Nord, and Party for Freedom.

List of European nationalist organisations

· Jeune Europe · Comité de liaison des européens révolutionnaires · Parti Communautaire National-Européen · Nouvelle Droite · Réseau Radical · Bloc Identitaire · Parti Nationaliste Français et Européen · Imperium Europa · le parti des européens · Reconquista Europa

Arendt's warning

warned in 1954 that a "pan-European nationalism" might arise from the cultivation of anti-American sentiment in Europe. Her warning has been deemed obsolete by the 1990s: