Two anti-establishment Spanish MEPs be part of right-wing group ECR

The right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group within the European Parliament on Wednesday welcomed two new members, Diego Solier Fernández and Nora Junco García, from the Spanish anti-establishment get together The Party is Over (SALF).

The two MEPs had requested to hitch in July this yr along with their chief, the controversial YouTuber Luis Pérez, higher often called ‘Alvise’, who had not been authorized by the group led by Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia.

Both MEPs have left the Non-attached Group of the European Parliament with rapid impact to hitch the fourth largest group as particular person members, whereas Alvise will stay within the group of MEPs with out political group.

Members of the identical nationwide political get together can sit in numerous teams in Parliament. The Spanish left-wing Sumar get together presently has members in each the Left and the Greens/EFA, and the Five Star Movement has skilled the identical state of affairs previously.

The new ECR members deliver the group’s complete to 80, effectively behind the far-right Patriots for Europe’s 87, and adopted carefully by the EU liberals, who’ve 78 MEPs.

“Their arrival reinforces the ECR Group’s dedication to financial freedom, sovereignty, lean authorities and good governance,” the ECR assertion additional reads.

Among the standards for becoming a member of the ECR group in Parliament are the ideas established by the so-called Prague Declarationwhich incorporates opposition to European federalism, the significance of the household as the muse of society and efficient immigration management.

Before becoming a member of the Orbán-led Patriots for Europe group, the Spanish far-right get together Vox was a member of the ECR group.

Euronews contacted the ECR group and Alvise’s cupboard for remark however didn’t obtain a response on the time of publication.

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