Opponents argue that conservatives are aligning with the far right, casting their support behind Ursula von der Leyen for an additional five-year term leading the EU’s executive. As battalions of suited European People’s Party (EPP) members converge in Bucharest, preparing to endorse von der Leyen as the face of their EU election campaign, their demeanor mirrors that of a confident prize-fighter... 

Manfred Weber, the Leader of the European People’s Party (EPP), discussed the European Union’s plan to blackmail member states that don’t toe the bloc’s line on issues like migration, such as Hungary and Poland. This will be done by making their share of the EU’s budget contingent on how well they meet the bloc’s vague “rule of law” standards, Weber says, especially now that many countries... 

Leaders of four major European Parliament factions have included a resolution that is a clear attack on Poland and Hungary in their project concerning fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The resolution was authored by the European People’s Party (EPP), the socialists, Greens, and the Renew Europe group and criticizes Polish authorities for organizing elections in May. Manfred Weber (EPP), Itraxe... 

Swedish right-wing politicians criticised the Swedish EPP member parties after they called on the party family to expel Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party. “We don’t want to meddle into internal EPP affairs, if they have a valid reason to criticise Hungary’s governing party, they should do that. But their current criticism is rather a part of the political campaign of the leftist-liberal forces”,... 

Without its nations, Europe would lose its spiritual and cultural identity, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, addressing a European People’s Party (EPP) congress in Helsinki on Thursday. “Europe will either be a Europe of nations or it will cease to exist,” Orban told the congress ahead of a vote on the lead candidate for the post of European Commission president. The “accession of central... 

British Prime Minister David Cameron Te British prime minister has threatened that his country will exit the European Union if former Luxembourg premier Jean-Claude Juncker becomes the president of the European Commission. According to German news magazine, Der Spiegel, David Cameron made the comments on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Tuesday. He reportedly told German Chancellor Angela... 

Nationalist MEPs across Europe voted against the infamous Acta treaty on Wednesday as the bill was rejected by an overwhelming majority. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was defeated by 478 votes to 39, with 165 abstentions, after failed attempts by the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) to delay the decision. Joining our own British National Party MEPs in opposing the treaty...