Brussels Edition: Bracing for Bannon

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After managing a campaign that catapulted Donald Trump into the White House, Steve Bannon is bringing his services to Europe this week. The propagandist of populism embarks on a roadshow aimed at organizing a loose alliance of nationalist leaders and parties to help them secure enough votes in May’s European Parliament elections to block further integration policies. “The Movement” seeks to unite like-minded groups across the European Union on a basic set of principles, building on existing divisions over migration that will surely again be laid bare at an informal summit of the bloc’s leaders kicking off today in Salzburg, Austria.