Steve Bannon has created a right-wing “supergroup” intended to undermine the European Union.
The former political strategist for Donald Trump said he intends for the group to gain a populist foothold in the European Parliament after next year’s election.
It is already operating and hiring, according to Raheem Kassam, a former chief aide to British anti-EU leader Nigel Farage who now serves as a lieutenant to Mr Bannon.
"The Movement will be our clearing house for the populist, nationalist movement in Europe," Mr Kassam said.
"We're focusing attention on assisting individuals or groups concerned with the matters of sovereignty, border control, jobs, amongst other things."
"We decided to headquarter out of Brussels because it is the heart of the European Union.” he said.
"The organisation is already a structured foundation with a significant annual budget and we have started to staff up.”
Mr Kassam declined to give further details about the foundation.
Mr Bannon, who during a London visit last week met Mr Farage and Louis Aliot, a close associate of French far-right politician Marine Le Pen, described the organisation he was creating as a "populist project" intended to touch off a "tectonic plate shift” in Europe.
"Next year's European parliamentary elections are going to be a major test for both Eurosceptics and reformers alike, and The Movement is where those two causes dovetail," Mr Kassam said.
"The political establishment has worked with the assistance of innumerable NGOs for decades, one hand washing the other. We felt like it was time there was an organisation on the side of ordinary people, instead of the vested, big business lobbying interests in Europe," he added.
Agencies contributed to this report.
