
Electoral Reform: EU Council Rejects the Parliament’s Attempted Power Grab
The European Parliament’s electoral reform package, meant to make EU elections more democratic is anything but, the EU Council agreed.
The European Parliament’s electoral reform package, meant to make EU elections more democratic is anything but, the EU Council agreed.
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.
As farmers lead backlash against environmental regulations, the political Right is poised to capture their vote.
The controversial vote to reject the directive ended in a draw, shocking conservatives.
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.
Communism was based on a lie and that is why it failed and fell, so I hope it will be the same with the ‘woke’ ideology. The most important thing is to prevent harm and protect children and youth from these dangerous ideas.
The gamble may be well calculated, as many member states are hesitant to embrace the directive as written by the Commission.
Conservatives have long complained of the uselessness of the EPP. A potential break with the socialists would pose a massive hurdle for the European political centre ahead of the 2024 EU elections.
If the big political parties do not change their policies on a wide range of issues, such as the green agenda, economic competitiveness, or migration, they will see the consequences at the 2024 elections.
“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.