The European deputies returned to school on Tuesday, July 16. They chose to keep Roberta Metsola at the head of the Parliament. They also shared the 14 vice-president positions, but by excluding the far-right group Patriots for Europe. The group, led by RN Jordan Bardella, denounces a “ denial of democracy “.
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With our special correspondent in Strasbourg, Julien Chavanne
Logically, two vice-president positions were for them. With 84 MEPs, the Patriots for Europe group is now the third political force in the chamber. But the other parties mobilized to block it.
“ The rule here is that it is the deputies who decide who represents them. “, explains David Cormand, Green MP. I do not want our Parliament to be represented in its office by people from the extreme right. They have the votes to be elected. Very well, they are deputies, but that is where it ends. There is no reason for them to represent us in positions of responsibility. »
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A ” democratic deficit ” for the National Rally
The team formed by the National Rally, the Hungarians of the party of Viktor Orban and the Spanish of Vox had proposed the name of Fabrice Leggeri.
For the RN MP, Parliament does not respect the vote of Europeans. I think it’s a democratic deficit. “, says Fabrice Leggeri. “ I think it’s bigotry. Some people call it in a health way, like there are diseases. They’re giving us lockdowns, things like that. That’s their dream. »
A rather elastic sanitary cordon. CRE, the far-right group of the Italian Giorgia Meloni considered more respectable, obtained two vice-presidential positions.
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