European Parliament Elects Portuguese Ex-Justice Minister as New EU Ombudsman
Teresa Anjinho pledged to hold EU executives to “the highest transparency standards,” but her political affiliations might say otherwise.
Teresa Anjinho pledged to hold EU executives to “the highest transparency standards,” but her political affiliations might say otherwise.
With factories closing and German elections approaching, climate targets are suddenly not that important for the Brussels elite.
The social democrats are ready to back conservative Italian Raffaele Fitto in exchange for Ribera again, but VOX warned that the EPP will become “irrelevant” if it accepts the deal.
Manfred Weber is known for “bending rules,” inside sources told The European Conservative.
EPP “has become dysfunctional” and decisions are made by Manfred Weber “and a close circle of advisers instead of the member parties,” investigative journalist says.
Ribera has aligned herself with a radical far-left agenda, just the opposite of what the elections showed people want.
“There was a time when we were told what to do. We got rid of that era thirty years ago,” the PM said in a reference to the Soviet rule of his country.
Once more the centrist EPP has sidelined Europe’s third-largest group for political reasons, siding instead with “losers co-responsible for the misery, failure, and corruption we see.”
Hungarian opposition leader and new MEP Péter Magyar is suspected of theft after a brawl and could face prison time.
Von der Leyen’s fan club can enjoy their moment, crowing about their power to “shape Europe.” But she should not get too comfortable on that Berlaymont throne.
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