New francophone far-right party ‘Trump’ launched
Last Friday, the new francophone far-right party “Trump” – short for “Tous Réunis pour l'Union des Mouvements Populistes” – was launched. The party is a continuation of Chez Nous and the old Belgian Front National party, reports the Brussels news platform BRUZZ.
The founder and chairman of the new Belgian party is Salvatore Nicotra, former chairman of the Belgian Front National. The executive committee includes Emanuele Licari, who was on the list of the Flemish far-right party Vlaams Belang in the City of Brussels, but was dismissed by that party after he openly glorified fascism.
The party is the political continuation of Chez Nous, which has now been officially dissolved. That far-right party emerged during the federal elections of June 2024 but failed to reach the electoral threshold.
“Donald Trump is the symbol of populism. He immediately shows what we stand for"
The fact that the new initiative is called “Trump”, short for Tous Réunis pour l'Union des Mouvements Populistes, is anything but a coincidence. “Donald Trump is the symbol of populism. He immediately shows what we stand for,” Nicotra told BRUZZ.
“We are a right-wing populist party with a social dimension. Forty per cent of our programme corresponds with the (far-left party, ed.) PTB, forty per cent with Vlaams Belang, and twenty per cent is unique. The biggest difference with Vlaams Belang? We are unitary, they are separatist.”
The new party wants to run in the next federal and European elections in 2029. Brussels is also a possibility, with ambitions for both the Brussels parliament and the municipalities. “Certainly the City of Brussels and Saint-Gilles, where I myself have been a municipal councillor for years, are options,” declared Nicotra.
Nevertheless, electoral success is more likely in Walloon provinces such as Hainaut. “The results for the FN showed that it scored particularly well there,” stated Emanuele Licari, who will mainly focus on Brussels and international relations with other populist parties. "Brussels is more difficult from a sociological point of view. The results of Vlaams Belang in Brussels also demonstrate this. But if we find good candidates, why not?" The party does not rule out participation in Flanders either.
An official inauguration of the party will take place on 30 November.
Illustration © PHOTO Charles-McClintock Wilson/ZUMA Press Wire
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