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Von der Leyen won’t rule out working with right-wing parties (www.politico.eu)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The European Commission president hinted Wednesday she would be open, after the European election in June, to working with some politicians in the European Conservatives and Reformists grouping

“The cut-off line is ‘do you stand for democracy?’, ‘do you defend our values?’, ‘are you very firm in the rule of law?’, ‘are you supporting Ukraine’ and ‘are you fighting against Putin’s attempt to weaken and divide Europe?’And these answers have to be very clear”

With the projected increase in seats from ECR and ID, this shouldn't be surprising to anyone, however EPP getting closer to ECR isn't exactly the best of looks.
To me, this sends a clear message that, as Renew falls off due to Macron's impopularity, the EPP is trying to gain more right wing seats by disregarding integration further down the line and possibly adopting more populistic policies.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Although the current situation is figuratively making me throw up each time I think about it, what else is she supposed to do? Half of the European governments are far right.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And let's not forget she herself is also not too much of a liberal activist fighting for civil rights and an economy with well-distributed wealth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, I didn't follow EU politics at the time of the last election, but didn't she campaign on green-deal policies for her first term? I remember reading about this somewhere. So moving away from that and closer to ECR would be quite the shift.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Conservatives always try to poach the hottest current topic from other blocks. Last election everyone was concerned about climate change and the green parties got quite some share in the polls, so conservatives campaigned on green policies. This year anti-immigration and right wing bullshit is widespread, so they will campaign on these topics. For them it's more about conserving their political power than actual policies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

From current polls: a centrist government with the S&D and the Greens (close) or Renew. On the right, EPP+ECR+RE would also have no majority, so they would need ID as well, which she kinda ruled out with this statement. From what I've heard Renew is often at odds with the German FDP, which I take as a good sign.