Populist leaders take steps towards building ‘big European force’, says Le Pen

The French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen attends a press conference with reporters in Warsaw, Poland (AP)

European right-wing populist leaders have declared they will cooperate more closely at the European Union’s parliament in order to defend the sovereignty of the bloc’s 27 member nations.

A statement at the end of a meeting in Warsaw, Poland, fell short of a declaration to create a new alliance at the European Parliament – an idea that some of the party leaders have sought, but has so far not materialised.