6-9 June European Parliament elections are scheduled to take place between 2018 and 2019, with one of the biggest questions being which representative groups will be the unofficial majority for the centre-right Christian Democratic European People's Party, which is thought to get the most seats. After the elections.
In the past five years, the group has voted alongside the Socialists and Social Democrats, which includes the Danish Democrats, the Socialist Socialist Workers' Party, and the Liberal Renewal Party – whose only Hungarian member is Momentum – in the European Parliament, sometimes with the additions of the Greens.
Meanwhile, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, also a member of the European People's Party, has repeatedly stated that she would be willing to cooperate even with far-right parties.
He also expressed this during the party leadership debate held on Thursday, when the former German Defense Minister stated that he and his party would be willing to work with the post-fascist Fratelli d'Italia led by Giorgia Meloni, who is currently in the conservative and Eurosceptic European Parliament – by the way, he stated His party colleague, Bundestag representative Jens Spahn, also did so this week EURACTIVNAK In his interview.
At the same time, von der Leyen emphasized that whoever he works with, he must agree with him on the Ukraine issue and the rule of law as well as being pro-EU – in Meloni's case, all three conditions are present. Fairly fulfilling. However, not everyone is happy that the PP's top candidate is winking at the right instead of the left, their coalition partner.
For example, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not want to hear about the participation of “right-wing extremists” in the work of the European Commission.
During the visit to Montenegro of the new Prime Minister of Portugal, Governor Luís, the German Chancellor He saidHe added: “It is clear to me that when the next committee is formed, it should not depend on a majority that also needs the support of right-wing extremists.”
According to Schulz, the new commission can only be successful if it is built on the main parties, and anything else would be wrong for Europe's future. According to the German Chancellor, the reason for this is that the parties he did not specify are making vague statements, although he did not specify the specific case he was referring to.
The German Chancellor made similar statements before
As we introduced previously, the European Council, made up of the Heads of State and Government of the Member States, recommends a candidate for the position of President of the European Commission, which must also be voted on by the European Parliament – and, according to state estimates, a scenario in which a majority in the European Parliament is also possible. For the European Council that the People's Party needs.
By the way, Olaf Scholz did not say for the first time that cooperation with the far right was unacceptable for him, but at the same time, he has now more openly expressed this point of view to Ursula von der Leyen and the center-right European People's Party. party.
(Cover photo: Ursula von der Leyen and Olaf Schulz on March 5, 2023. Photo: Carsten Kohl/Getty Images)
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