EPP boss Manfred Weber is bothered by AfD’s right turn as parliamentary calculus draws conservatives and more moderate populists together in the European Parliament.
“The EPP is the party of traitors” who almost always vote with the leftists, Rodrigo Ballester said, warning that conservative votes for the European center-right are “lost in translation.”
While nothing is certain, it looks like the Nature Restoration Law will be defeated Wednesday as Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola aired EPP fears that climate legislation was triggering a wave of anti-green populism in Europe.
A sign of a weakening consensus between the centre Right and Left, the EPP came in for heavy criticism from the S&D for working with the far Right after a controversial land reclamation bill was defeated at committee stage in the European Parliament Tuesday.
MEPs are battling over last-minute amendments to allow the use of biometric surveillance for criminal activity, as the five-year legislative ordeal looks set to drag on.
