How centrist party pact enables European Parliament's new ‘Venezuela majority’

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Approval of Commissioners and recent votes in the European Parliament signal new power balance, as the centre-right European People's Party teams up with right wing forces, giving itself more choices for finding majorities.

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00:00The new European Commission has finally received the green light thanks to an agreement reached

00:10between the three major centrist groups.

00:12The EPP conservatives, Social Democrats and Liberals of Renew have signed a coalition

00:17agreement but there is no guarantee it will be followed.

00:23In fact, EPP reserves the option to vote on legislative texts by occasionally aligning

00:27itself with the far-right groups.

00:50The term Venezuela majority, which refers to this alternative majority in the European

00:54Parliament made up of the EPP and the extreme right, comes from a vote by MEPs on the outcome

00:59of the Venezuelan presidential election.

01:03This alignment has allowed the EPP to recognize the Venezuelan opponent, Gonzalez, as the

01:09winner of the elections, but also to relax the law on deforestation.

01:25On a case-by-case basis, the EPP could therefore align itself with the far-right on immigration,

01:55for example, and then align itself with the centrist parties in votes on finances.

02:18Contacted by Euronews, the EPP dismissed claims of a Venezuelan majority, criticizing efforts

02:24by left-wing groups who they think are still upset over their losses in the last elections.

02:31The group has assured to work with all parliamentary groups that meet three conditions, being pro-European,

02:38pro-Ukraine and respecting the rule of law.

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