Reply #9: Hah - too late for this year; and note the figure in the BBC article is for *all* groupings [View All]

[muriel_volestrangler]

The European Alliance of National Movements (AENM), the coalition of far-right parties formed last month in Budapest, has failed in its an attempt to get its hands on European Parliament cash, as the jumble of reactionary rightists did not manage to file the application on time.

The alliance, which includes the UK's BNP, France's Front National and Hungary's Jobbik, says it wants its share of the around €11 million that the parliament hands out every year to pan-European political parties, informally known as ‘europarties'.

This would have amounted to around €400,000 for the group to carry out advertising, research and campaigning atop the money MEPs already receive.
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While the cluster of far-righters managed to cobble together the group in Budapest on 24 October, as earlier reported by EUobserver, the cut-off for 2010 funding was 1 November and so if the chamber does ultimately recognise the formation, it will still not be able to access any money until 2011.

http://euobserver.com/9/28982

I'd say there's a good chance the xenophobes willfall out with each other before this time next year; so here's hoping they can't get the money then either.