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Enlargement of the EU on January 1st meant the introduction of 53 new MEPs to the European Parliament, 18 from Bulgaria and 35 from Romania. Six out of this total represent extreme right national parties, thereby making it possible for MEPs of this political persuasion to join forces and, for the first time, meet the Parliament’s threshold for forming their own party group. Calling itself 'Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty', the extremist transnational group will be led by French National Front member Bruno Gollnisch, who at the same time faces criminal charges for Holocaust denial in his own country.