UEN and IND/DEM, whose stomping grounds are right of the centre are now threatened with a slimming down of their political groups after the Tories withdrew from the centre-right EPP group and are looking for right-leaning allies. The left found a firmer f

Europarl Today: New EP creates a battle for the right (Extended version)

At the moment we still have   263 mandates,

over 80 more than the Socialists,   the gap has become bigger.

Talks will probably continue   till the first session of the new EP.

All those attempts failed due to   the contradictions within those groups.