A4-009: Distancing ourselves from Far-right and Radical-right organisations and individuals (FROIs).

A. whereas theThe Federalist movement historically emerged during the Second World War in opposition to Nazism and fascism;

B. whereas contemporaryContemporary far-right political parties, in some cases, continue to reproduce elements of fascist ideology, rhetoric and symbolism;

C. whereas politicalPolitical institutions, notably the European Parliament, have developed the practice of the cordon sanitaire, consisting of refusing

D. whereas farFar-right parties have sought to circumvent this practice through strategies of ‘normalisation’ (also referred to as ‘de-demonisation’), aimed at

E. whereas suchSuch strategies, while effective in institutional terms, do not alter the fundamentally exclusionary and harmful ideological core of these movements;

G. whereas thisThis development has already had concrete consequences within the European Parliament, where the EPP has formed coalitions with PfE, ESN and ECR

H. whereas additionalAdditional organisations, currently marginal, have been established to promote ideas associated with Dominique Venner without explicitly

I. whereas oneOne such organisation was the former JEF Lithuania interest group that referenced to federalism with euro-nationalist concepts, notably the notion

J. whereas otherOther similar organisations may seek in-person and online contact with JEF Europe, its sections and its partners, under the guise of purportedly

K. whereas JEF Europe and its sections must not confer public legitimacy or institutional access upon organisations whose values are incompatible with those

L. whereas JEF Europe, as a non-party organisation, applies the principle of transpartisanship in order to engage with all political actors supporting deeper