Tag: ECR

EU Parliament COVID Conference Slams Pandemic Response

Speakers did not rule out the possibility that the pandemic was orchestrated by powerful outside actors, with various medical professionals from across Europe describing their first-hand experiences of negative health effects from vaccines.

MEPs Rally Europe Against “Disastrous” Migration Pact

“We are very hopeful to move things in the right direction,” members of the new cross-party policy group said, promising to do everything they can “to stop this left-wing compromise” on the new migration pact.

European Parliament Still on the Fence About Border Walls

“If we want to show solidarity, then we must restore the order at our borders, if needed by building fences where they are needed,” EPP spokesman Jeroen Lenaers said after pushing through an amendment to fund border walls, which was later thrown out by the Left with the entire package.

Russia Tension Forces Finns Party ID Split 

There is the potential for more Danish and Estonian contingents within the ID group to join in the defection, as Finns Party leadership looks disfavourably at the AfD’s pro-Russian line within the bloc.

Left-leaning Majority Hijacks Migration Vote

The final deal has “made the proposal even worse,” Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers said, denouncing it for laying the foundation for undemocratic migrant quotas while leaving the migratory pressure unchecked.

Giorgia Meloni: The Leader of the European Right?

It appears Meloni is hoping to take advantage of the leadership vacuum created after the end of the Merkel era to create a new center-right alliance that can lead the Right to a large majority in the 2024 European elections.

EPP Prospects Alliance With ECR

With talk circulating about a right-wing political coalition, the pros and cons of such an alliance are more complex.