Brussels, my love? Is the European Parliament destined to move to the right?

This week we’re joined by Laura Shields, from Pink Thread EU, Kait Bolongaro, from MLex Europe, and Andrea Renda, from CEPS, the Centre for European Coverage Research.

The elections for the European Parliament – now fewer than 100 days away – have been our important subject of debate as campaigning began in earnest with each the Socialist and Democrats (S&D) and the European Individuals’s Social gathering (EPP) holding their congresses over the earlier week.  

With the extremes anticipated to do effectively, our panel of consultants debated whether or not the rise of far-right, intolerant voices threatens the ideas and values on which the EU is predicated. And whether or not the European Parliament’s largest group — the EPP, which backed Ursula von der Leyen as its lead candidate — will shift additional to the suitable to realize votes.

We additionally mentioned how Europe is at a essential juncture, and the way subsequently this election is essential.

Key throughout the general dialogue is how the seven political groupings throughout the Parliament — separated by ideological commitments – The Left, Greens, S&D, RENEW, EPP, ECR and I.D. — will impress upon residents the necessity to vote and crucially, assist them. 

The total-scale territorial invasion of Ukraine by Russia and its affect on European democracy and safety was additionally mentioned with Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2022 Oleksandra Matviichuk portray a grave image of the shrinking nature of democracy on the continent.