Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage arrives at a Brexit Party event on May 27, 2019 in London | Peter Summers/Getty Images Farage won’t join group that contains Salvini’s League The Brexit Party is the largest in the European Parliament with 29 seats.

Nigel Farage will "not join" the Europe of Nations and Freedoms group in the European Parliament, which contains the party of Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, he told POLITICO in a statement.

The Brexit Party leader has been considering his options in the new Parliament after his Brexit Party won the European election in the U.K. with 29 seats. Last week, he met Marco Zanni, a member of Salvini's League party, to see whether an alliance between the Italian and British parties was possible.

The ENF exists in its current form until the end of June, but when the new Parliament formally takes its seats it will have a much larger contingent of League MEPs — Salvini's party won 26 in the European election.

"Following a brief social meeting with a member of the ENF Group [Salvini's group] last week there has been much speculation, fuelled by that individual, that the Brexit Party will join them in their European Parliament group," Farage's statement said.

"I can confirm that this is not the case and that the Brexit Party will not be joining the ENF Group," he added.

His spokesperson said Farage, who is still the leader of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy "will plan to rebuild the EFDD." That group was formed primarily of his former UKIP party (which won no seats in the election), as well as the Italian 5Star Movement. But the group has lost MEPs, including from the French Les Patriotes party and it is unclear whether it will hold together.

Joining with other parties to form a group in the European Parliament gives access to EU funds and influence via committee posts.

CLARIFICATION: This article was changed to June 5 to clarify that the Europe of Nations and Freedoms group remains in its current form until the end of June.