The EPP – to which the Union additionally belongs – is alleged to have cooperated with right-wing factions within the EU Parliament. Other events condemn this and converse of a hazard to democracy. EPP boss Weber defends himself.
German MEPs and members of the Bundestag are expressing clear criticism following a media report about cooperation between the EPP faction of the CDU and CSU with the AfD and different right-wing events within the European Parliament.
The SPD member of the Bundestag Ralf Stegner wrote on Platform
The chairman of the SPD MEPs, René Repasi, advised the dpa information company that now the CDU coordinator within the accountable committee, Lena Düpont, should clarify herself and say to what extent she knew in regards to the cooperation structured on this means.
“The beginning of the end of liberal democracies”
The head of the German Greens’ delegation within the European Parliament, Erik Marquardt, advised the dpa: “Incorporating right-wing extremists into democratic processes will be the beginning of the end for liberal democracies in Europe.” The Christian Democrats would “incur a heavy historical guilt here.”
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, FDP member of the EU Parliament, criticized Weber’s previous statements: “Anyone who publicly invokes democratic cooperation and plays dangerously with it behind the scenes damages trust.” You cannot arrange majorities with forces that wish to undermine Europe from inside, she advised the dpa.
The parliamentary group chief of the Left Party within the Bundestag, Heidi Reichinnek, spoke of a brand new high quality. “Anyone who joins forces with Nazis knows exactly what they are getting into, they know where it will lead,” she stated on the state get together convention in Hanover. “At some point the Union has to ask itself which side of history it really wants to be on.”
AfD: “Government in Europe with the Migration coverage with”
The head of the AfD MPs within the EU Parliament, René Aust, was happy: “We are also involved in the substantive work in this Committee on Home Affairs and Migration Issues. We have of course made our demands there and we are happy that our ideas have now been included in this report.”
Weber: “Don’t control employee chat groups”
However, EPP chief Manfred Weber doesn’t see duty on himself, however fairly on the Social Democrats: “There is a proposal from the EU Commission on how we deal with rejected asylum seekers. I have no understanding why a position that the federal government also took in Berlin was rejected by the European Social Democrats,” he stated ARD.
“Possible cooperation with radical right-wing anti-European parties is out of the question for us. The firewall is there, there is no doubt about it at all.” He additionally advised Bild that he doesn’t management staff’ discussion groups.
CSU General Secretary Martin Huber additionally dominated out cooperation: “It is clear to the CSU: There is no cooperation with the AfD. Neither in Bavaria, nor in Germany and not in Europe,” he advised the newspaper. Just a few days in the past, CDU MEP Düpont advised the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in regards to the vote on the migration regulation: “There was no structural cooperation with the AfD and other far-right forces.”
Apparently there was an settlement Migration Act
The background is a dpa investigation, in keeping with which the conservative EPP within the European Parliament cooperated far more carefully with the right-wing factions than beforehand identified. One of those factions is the ESN (Europe of Sovereign Nations), to which the AfD belongs.
Accordingly, the MPs labored collectively in a WhatsApp group and at a private assembly earlier than an necessary vote on a legislative proposal to tighten migration coverage, which shortly afterwards acquired the required majority within the accountable parliamentary committee. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) additionally supported this.
However, this might most likely not be the primary settlement between the EPP and the best wing: MonitorResearch has already proven that the EPP organized a majority with the right-wing factions prematurely for a vote on the provision chain directive.
With data from Kathrin Schmid, ARD studio Brussels
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