The conservative leader rules out structured cooperation but signals he won’t block legislation if the far right votes along.

This article is part of the Back to school special. One year after the 2024 election bolstered right-wing forces in the European Parliament, POLITICO’s data shows that they don’t team up often — but ...

For the first time, a right-wing majority is emerging at the European Parliament as the European People's Party flirts with groups that would have been considered too toxic to work with in the past.

The European Parliament approved a package to ease corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements. EPP teamed up with conservative and far-right MEPs to pass the law. The European ...

In her July 2024 re-election pitch to MEPs, Ursula von der Leyen made clear that her new Commission would ‘simplify’ existing rules, to find a new balance between environmental protection and ...

The European People’s Party (EPP) has forcefully rejected an allegation from a far-right Polish MEP that it allowed the nationalist Patriots for Europe (PfE) group to seize control of a crucial ...

Hungary's ruling party, the right-wing Fidesz, is to leave the largest grouping in the European Parliament. The European People's Party (EPP) voted overwhelmingly in favour of changing its internal ...

The centre is struggling to hold at the European Parliament. This week's plenary session showed that the traditional alliance that has dominated European politics since the inception of the union is ...