Commission chief barters for reelection votes from liberals and greens, ignoring will of European voters

Conscription proposal sparks unease among ruling coalition members

Isolating the third largest group in Brussels would be “deeply anti-democratic,” Patriots’ MEP Enikő Győri said.

Hungarian PM’s presentation of council presidency agenda delayed until September

The French National Rally’s 30 MEPs “will fully play their role in a large group which will influence the power balance of Europe,” party president Jordan Bardella said.

“If you invited them, then accommodate them,” the Belarusian president said, denying any responsibility for facilitating the pressure on the EU’s eastern border.

With the Austrian and Estonian delegations departing, the right-wing Identity and Democracy is no longer big enough to be a European Parliamentary group in itself.

Europeans do not share the Ukrainians’ firm belief in their victory and would like to see Kyiv negotiate a ceasefire settlement with Moscow—in line with the Hungarian EU presidency’s goals.

The Commission chief has no choice but to give in to socialists’ blackmail and forge an even more leftist coalition in Brussels—the opposite of what Europe voted for.

“Another four or five days and many people will be surprised,” the Hungarian PM said, promising to make his new right-wing alliance the largest conservative force in Brussels “very soon.”

The European Commission chief will need the backing of one or both groups to be guaranteed reelection, but in public, Meloni’s ECR is being sidelined again.

The organization’s outgoing executive, Klaus Schwab, was allegedly one of the main drivers of its “toxic workplace” culture.