UKIP will reportedly join Steve Bannon's foundation to spread far-right propaganda across Europe — and the EU is said to be spooked

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• Steve Bannon is setting up a new foundation to bolster anti-EU populists in Europe.
• The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has pledged to join it, The Independent reports.
• The EU is reportedly spooked by the project, and it could have an impact on Brexit negotiations.
• Layla Moran MP called it an "unholy alliance of racist charlatans across the Channel."

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Ukip has pledged to work with Steve Bannon’s new European alt-right movement, forging what critics have branded an “unholy alliance” to bring down the EU and fuel populism across the continent.

Mr Bannon, a former investment banker who founded the website Breitbart, has pledged to bolster the continent’s far right with a new foundation called The Movement that would dole out resources to eurosceptics and anti-EU populists.

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