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31 January 2024

Europe

Politics

An undigested goulash -The defeated Polish Mateusz Morawiecki opens ECR’s door to Putin and the Chinese’s best friend in Europe: Viktor Orban and his 12 non-inscrits MEP (expelled from EPP in 2021). How will Meloni and comrade Abascal take it?

'There is one attempt after another to blackmail Hungary and to pressurise it even more. I can only say to the Hungarian government and Prime Minister Orban that we strongly support their efforts to reject these brutal blackmail attempts that are outside the law. We do not accept this approach'. So said former Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, at a press conference in Brussels. 'This is not the way the EU should operate,' he then pointed out, referring to the EU plan revealed by the Financial Times to sabotage the Hungarian economy. The former prime minister also accused Brussels of using double standards when assessing the rule of law. 'There is a huge ambiguity and a different approach to the rule of law, depending on who is in power,' Morawiecki said, lamenting how in Poland 'many articles of the Constitution have been brutally violated' by the government.

'It is the prerogative of the Hungarian government, particularly Viktor Orban' to apply for membership, and 'it is our prerogative to accept a new member,' he explained at a press conference in Brussels. 'I am not sure,' he added, 'that there will be any changes before the elections, personally I am open to Fidesz joining our group.'

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The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person! – Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen seem to have come closer during the meeting of European right-wingers organised by Vox in Madrid. Perhaps it is still too early to share a stage, but the premises are there. Especially considering that until a few weeks ago there was a sense of tension. Meloni was not forgiven for being so close to von der Leyen, while Le Pen still had to tone down her approach to Brussels. Things have changed and a post-election alliance could be in the making

Nobody wants Lady Ursula anymore! – The congress that nominated Von der Leyen as candidate for the Commission showed a clear split: many did not vote for her. The EPP will be the tiebreaker, even with all its divisions. Weber is champing at the bit to take the most coveted post, backed by a strong conservative support. But unexpected help for Lady Ursula could come from Giorgia Meloni, although the latter in turn risks splitting the ECR. The group’s vice-president, a Vox exponent, has already distanced himself: ‘We will not vote for her’.

As Bubble Report predicted last week, Orbán announced today in Vienna the formation of a pro-Russian right-wing alliance to form a group in the European Parliament. In addition to the Hungarian leader, the founders of the Patriots of Europe include Austria’s Herbert Kickl and the Czech Andrej Babiš

Charles Michel’s house of cards – The President of the European Council plays at being a statist and attacks Lady Ursula for being too ‘geopolitical’. According to him, the limits imposed by the institution have been overstepped, for which ‘we are paying the price’. As if that were not enough, he also spoke of European defence, insisting that there is “a will to match means with ambitions”. A little spice more in the campaign of the most underestimated sptizenkandidaten in the continent’s history

Donald Tusk’s dangerous game – Strengthened by the numbers he obtained both at the European level and in his homeland, the Polish Prime Minister does not mince his words in stating that ‘it is not his duty to persuade Giorgia Meloni’ also because the seats to form a majority between ‘EPP, liberals and the socialists’ are already there. One cannot say that he is wrong, but pushing the ECR out of the negotiations could prove dangerous and could lead the European right-wingers to truly join forces

13 February 2024

There’s space on the right, apparently… – Tino Chrupalla, co-leader of Alternative für Deutschland, does not hold it against Giorgia Meloni, claiming that she has compromised too much with the system she wanted to change. In the European perspective, the division between ECR and ID seems to be increasingly clear, with the latter being isolated and ostracised in tomorrow’s Parliament, while the former will seek mediation in an attempt to reform diplomatically

02 February 2024

Big manoeuvres on the horizon – Viktor Orban finally greenlights the 50 billion dollar aid for Ukraine. The negotiations have been successful (for him) and here are the first results: after the elections, the Fidesz leader will join the ECR with Marine Le Pen in an attempt to form a majority that excludes the Socialists and includes Renew and the EPP. Moscow’s man in Europe can now rest easy, despite some growing pressure to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid

A fight to the last MEP – With the feeling of being surrounded by the right and the left, Giorgia Meloni wants to muster the numbers to reach a parliamentary representation of 84 members, which would allow her to become the third force, surpassing Renew of the detested Petit Napoleon. In this sense should be interpreted the ‘no’ to Viktor Orban’s entry into the ECR, which would have represented an extremeisation of the group unwelcome by many