The plan to shut out Europe's far right

POLITICO's EU Confidential by POLITICO

Sep 2, 202613:57News & Politics

The political center in the European Parliament is looking increasingly fragile. Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart look at a proposal from two senior German MEPs for the center-right EPP and the Social Democrats to strik...

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