EDL-Aligned Fascists Fail to Disrupt BNP-Attended Meeting in Madrid
Twenty-five members of a fascist group closely aligned to the English Defence League attempted to disrupt a Democracia Naciona (DN) party meeting yesterday in Madrid addressed by British National Party leader Nick Griffin, reports our European correspondent.
“There was no disruption to Mr Griffin’s speech, which was very well received by the packed room of DN supporters,” our correspondent said.
The fascists, fresh from celebrating Franco’s birthday at a rally elsewhere in Madrid, demanded access to the DN meeting and had to be removed after scuffling with the police.
The DN is an up-and-coming Spanish nationalist party which has modelled its political platform on the BNP — and is therefore detested by the fascists and neo-Nazis.
According to their blogs, the skinhead football hooligan types who attempted to disrupt the DN meeting are closely aligned to the English Defence League.
Mr Griffin was accompanied to the meeting by Italian Forza Nuova leader Roberto Fiore and Manuel Canduela, president of DN. His speech dealt primarily with the threat of Islamification facing all of Europe.
“The real problem is not Islam but the ruling elite’s betrayal of the West,” Mr Griffin told the meeting. Without their treason, there would not be a problem as we have never been militarily defeated by Islam.”
He pointed to the recent appointment of Catherine Ashton as EU Foreign Minister. “Throughout Ms Ashton’s career, she has been heavily involved in various groups designed to fast track ethnics, and Muslims in particular, to positions of power,” Mr Griffin said.
Until Europe replaces the current ruling elite, such treason will continue, he said.
* Mr Griffin was later asked by the DN newspaper about the BNP’s position on Gibraltar.
“It is a very complex issue which we will have to deal with in the future,” Mr Griffin said. “It would be much easier to sort it out if we had nationalist governments in Britain and Spain because it would then be an agreement between equals. I must say that taking into account the geographical situation of Gibraltar and the Muslim threat on its door, I would prefer to see a Spanish flag fly in Gibraltar before an Islamic one.”
