Jewish groups have called on the Conservative party to suspend one of its MPs after he attended a nationalist conference in Rome alongside far-right politicians from across Europe.



BuzzFeed News revealed on Wednesday that Daniel Kawczynski would be speaking alongside far-right leaders, such as Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy's Lega party, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, and Marion Maréchal of France's National Rally (formerly known as the National Front).

He defended his decision to attend, writing in a letter to his local newspaper that his critics were "hysterical".



Salvini and Orbán "represent serious ideas and concerns, some of which are shared by many citizens of the UK", Kawczynski said.

A video was posted on Twitter of Kawczynski speaking onstage at the conference's opening dinner on Monday night.