[7][8] Bannon initially discussed his plans for the organization with The Daily Beast, saying he wanted to create a populist "supergroup" bloc that could win up to a third of all 700+ Members of the European Parliament seats.
[9] In July 2018, Bannon and other staff of Donald Trump met with Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska, Željka Cvijanović, in Washington, D.C., attempting to expand influence in the Balkans.
[24] Despite gains made by the group, the co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alexander Gauland, rejected The Movement as an American conception and criticized its projections.
He stated that "Mr Bannon will not succeed in forging an alliance of the like-minded for the European elections", citing what he believes to be their diverging viewpoints.
[27] In October 2018, Marine Le Pen, president of National Rally (RN), downplayed Bannon's plans for The Movement, saying that only Europeans would be "the political force behind the EU elections ... to save Europe.
"[28] Speaking to the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna in September 2017, Law and Justice (PiS) MEP Karol Karski said that this was not an offer for his party.