“We are under the control of extreme nationalists in Brussels.”

In December 2011 the EU's top offices were held by José Manuel Barroso, Herman Van Rompuy, and Jerzy Buzek, all mainstream politicians: Barroso's official bio says he joined Portugal's Social Democratic Party and led the Commission; Van Rompuy's official bio places him in Belgium's CVP/CD&V political career and says he was European Council president from 2009 to 2014; Buzek's official bio identifies him with the European People's Party and Platforma Obywatelska (Civic Platform). (ec.europa.eu) The European Parliament's 2009-2014 composition shows the largest groups were EPP and S&D, while the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group had only 32 of 736 seats, so Brussels was not under the control of an extreme-nationalist bloc. (europarl.europa.eu) Sources: European Commission/ECB José Manuel Barroso biography (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/ecbforum/previous_fora/2014/html/biographies/barroso.en.html); Consilium biography of Herman Van Rompuy (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/former-euco-presidents/herman-van-rompuy/biography/); European Parliament biography of Jerzy Buzek (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/femm/dv/biography_mr_buzek_/biography_mr_buzek_en.pdf); European Parliament composition of Parliament PDF (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/divers/composition_EP/elections2009_composition-parliament_en.pdf).