Power Grab Fears as EU Parliament Chief Calls for ‘Reforms’ Before Enlargement
Roberta Metsola said the bloc requires ‘structural change,’ which critics say is code for giving Brussels more power.
Roberta Metsola said the bloc requires ‘structural change,’ which critics say is code for giving Brussels more power.
Only two of the parliament’s top 15 positions went to right-wing parties, despite national conservatives holding a quarter of the Brussels seats.
EU leaders celebrate the ‘historic day,’ despite the average decade-long process to clear all negotiation milestones.
“It’s an outrage to kill someone’s microphone just because you don’t like what you’re hearing,” MEP Christine Anderson said after parliamentary president Roberta Metsola prevented her from speaking.
“We are at our limit,” the government noted after convening an emergency meeting.
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis tries facing down Brussels’ accusations against his government by claiming that Greek same-sex marriage law “reinforces the position of our country in the heart of Europe.”
The EU parliament president said the bloc had made “too little progress” on the issue.
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.
The Abraham Accords Network was launched with little fanfare by Roberta Metsola and urges the EU to support the landmark normalisation agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours.
Metsola has been pushing for a reform of Parliament’s anti-harassment guidelines. Meanwhile, media reports allege that she has stalled a harassment probe into a Spanish MEP.
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