- A right-wing populist party called TRUMP was founded in Belgium.
- The party was founded by Salvatore Nicotra, former leader of the Belgian National Front.
- He plans to run at the federal level and in the 2029 European elections.
A new francophone right-wing populist party, TRUMP, was founded in Belgium last week (Tous Réunis pour l’Union des Mouvements Populistes – All United for the Union of Populist Movements), local news portal Bruzz wrote on Monday. TASR informs about it according to the Politico magazine report.
It is no coincidence that the party’s acronym bears the surname of US President Donald Trump. According to her founder Salvatore Nicotraformer chairman of the Belgian National Front (NF) party, is the current US president “the ultimate symbol of populism”. “It instantly embodies what we stand for,” said Nicotra.
According to Politico magazine, the TRUMP party has far-right elements and is a follower of the far-right Walloon parties NF and Our Home (Chez Nous). Compared to the largest Belgian right-wing party, the Flemish interest (Vlaams Belang – VB), TRUMP does not advocate separatism, according to Nicotra and it is planned to apply for electoral votes at the federal level in the elections to the European Parliament in 2029. “We are a right-wing populist party with a social focus,” explained Nicotra.
The new chairman of the TRUMP party served in the council of the Brussels district of Saint-Gilles from 1994 to 2000. He did not rule out that his new party will also compete for votes in the elections in the Belgian capital or in municipal elections. The co-founders of the party are former NF members. Among them is the former member of the VB party, Emanuele Licari, whom the party threw out of its structures for openly glorifying fascism.
