
Courted by Conservatives, von der Leyen Meets With Greens Instead
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 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.

“Success lies in being clear about what is at stake and speaking honestly about how to tackle the issues.”

ECR co-president Nicola Procaccini: AUR party has ‘changed’; no longer too extreme to join the group.

The party had been frequently criticized for its extreme views in the past, yet now is part of Giorgia Meloni’s “constructive center-right force” in Brussels.

Giorgia Meloni’s national conservative group snubs sovereigntist Right and pitches “center-right majority” in European Parliament

The bloc, which could include the ECR, would fight against corruption and illegal immigration, Andre Ventura, leader of Portugal’s Chega explained.

The Hungarian PM said a conservative ECR-ID ‘superbloc’ could be the second largest in Parliament, but Czech premier Fiala wants a deal with centrists EPP instead.

European voters have said they want real change—so parties on the Right should not get caught in the insipid morass in the centre.

The would-be members of the European Parliament’s newest right-wing group are considering the name Vera Europa—Latin for ‘True Europe.’

The EU Commissioner is “the living image of the policies that destroyed [Europe’s] countryside,” according to Jorge Buxadé, the Spanish sovereigntists’ lead candidate.