https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/steve-bannon-predicts-stunning-victory-for-european-populists-1.4346441

ROME – Former White House strategist Steve Bannon on Thursday predicted a "stunning victory" for populists and nationalists in the European Parliament elections in May and said they can achieve it without his help.

Bannon has been trying to form a movement uniting populist and nationalist voters across Europe ahead of the May 23-26 elections. The reception from some European leaders has been lukewarm.

"The politicians here don't need me. They are fully capable of winning elections on their own," Bannon said at an event at the centuries-old Angelica Library in Rome.

He said the "populist, nationalist, sovereignty movement" has traction in Europe thanks to politicians such as Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

"And that's why it's on the cusp, maybe, if the momentum keeps through Spain and other nations, of a stunning victory in May," Bannon said.

Is this what Bannon found

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/revealed-dozens-of-european-politicians-linked-to-us-incubator-for-extremism/

controversial network of ultra-conservatives that has been called an anti-LGBT ‘hate group’ in the US has forged increasing links with senior European politicians including heads of state, cabinet ministers and MPs, openDemocracy can reveal.

The World Congress of Families (WCF) – a global network of US, Russian and other ultra-conservative activists – is next meeting in Verona, Italy, this week. Among the expected guests will be representatives and supporters of several far-right parties looking to win big in the next European Parliament elections in May.

This network crosses borders to oppose abortion, sex education, same-sex marriage and bolster the power of religious institutions. Matteo Salvini, Italy’s interior minister and leader of the far-right Lega party, is due to address their meeting and has positioned it as a showcase for “the Europe that we like”.

Today, new research from openDemocracy reveals that dozens of politicians from across Europe – including mayors, governors, MPs, ministers, ambassadors and heads of state – have been listed as speakers at WCF events over the years.

Almost half of them came from far-right parties in five countries – Hungary, Italy, Poland, Serbia and Spain – with most of these politicians attending these conferences in the last few years alone.

Also on these lists are at least seven cardinals on these lists, along with aristocrats from Austria, France, Portugal and Germany.

The movement is world wide !