Published on
23/07/2026 - 11:53 GMT+2
Activists behind the far-right "Save Europe Act" campaign are taking the European Commission to court after it refused to register a petition calling for a suspension of legal migration channels and the "remigration" of legal third-country nationals deemed "unintegrated", to prevent what organisers describe as "demographic replacement".
The Commission rejected the initiative on Thursday, arguing it would discriminate on the grounds of race and ethnic origin and was therefore "manifestly contrary" to EU values, prompting organisers to announce legal action.
"We believe the Commission acted against European law by preventing citizens from asking for specific measures," Austrian activist Martin Sellner, the movement's leader and a leading advocate of remigration, told Euronews. He said the group's legal team is ready to file a lawsuit as early as Monday.
