Bannon says he wants to unite powers on the right end of the political spectrum | Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images Steve Bannon plans right-wing group in Brussels Trump’s former campaign manager wants to unite Europe’s far-right by next year’s election.

Donald Trump's former chief of staff is planning to set up a foundation in Brussels to support right-wing, anti-establishment groups in the run-up to the European Parliament election.

Steve Bannon said in a wide-ranging interview with the Daily Beast that he wants to unite powers on the right end of the political spectrum.

"Everybody agrees that next [European Parliament election in] May is hugely important, that this is the real first Continent-wide face-off between populism and the party of Davos," Bannon said in the interview. "This will be an enormously important moment for Europe."

The organization — to be called The Movement — would serve as a central source of polling, advice on messaging, data targeting, and think-tank research, the Daily Beast reported. It would be based in Brussels and initially have a handful of full-time staffers to support populist and right-wing parties across Europe.

Bannon held a series of meetings linked to the project when Trump visited Europe last week. “It was so successful that we're going to start staffing up,” he said.

“Right-wing populist nationalism is what will happen. That’s what will govern,” Bannon said. “You're going to have individual nation states with their own identities, their own borders.”

He said he could refuse some European parties from joining his network, saying “we're not looking to include any ethno-nationalist parties in this, although guys like the Sweden Democrats or the True Finns are perfect casting."