Can the far right be kept from power in Parliament?
Members of far-right parties in the European Parliament have been excluded from powerful positions on parliamentary committees, with pro-European forces deploying the so-called ‘cordon sanitaire’.
Pro-European forces inside the European Parliament have held far-right parties at bay from powerful positions on the institution’s 20 powerful committees, deploying the so-called ‘cordon sanitaire’.
But the complexion of Parliament has changed and Patriots for Europe is now the third largest grouping, does side-lining them honour the assembly’s rules through which positions are allocated according to votes?
Radio Schuman got some answers with Euronews reporter Gerardo Fortuna.
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