Willingness of centre right EPP group to cosy up to far right will be a problem for Fine Gael
Willingness of centre right EPP group to cosy up to far-right will be a problem for Fine Gael, to side with more extreme nationalist and far-right groups ahead of its traditional dance partners is driving the tensions.settled on what jobs to give EU commissioners nominated by each member state, the spotlight shifted to the parliament. MEPs had to approve or reject the new commissioners following confirmation hearings.
The EPP then used the hearings to heap blame for the handling of the devastating floods in Valencia on Teresa Ribera, a Spanish minister from the S&D family, who was to be commissioner for the green transition and competition policy. The move was an attempt to provide cover for the EPP’s Spanish members, the Popular Party, who lead the opposition nationally but control the regional authority in Valencia.
The arithmetic in the parliament allows the EPP to pivot to this alternative right-wing majority, made up with Meloni’s ECR group, Viktor Orban and Marine Le Pen’s far-right Patriots grouping, and the even more extreme Alternative for Germany . Weber recently walked the EPP to vote with these populist and far-right groups to postpone new EU deforestation regulations.
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