Fine Gael’s EPP team up with Far Right in European Parliament
Speaking following the announcement of the agenda for the upcoming hearings of the new European Commission, Dublin MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says:
“I am disgusted to see Fine Gael’s party at a European level, the European People’s Party, teaming up with the far right to force through their agenda for the hearings of the new European Commission.
“Just 24 hours ago Viktor Orbán spoke in the chamber in Strasbourg. He laid bare for all to see, the threats the far right pose to our union. I have to say that seeing the hate and vitriol of far right on display in that chamber was one of the scariest experiences I have had in all my years in politics.
“The rise of the far right is an existential threat to our union, their harmful ideology needs to be defeated. However, instead of joining with the other pro-European forces in the European Parliament, EPP chose to build their majority with the far right and impose their right wing agenda on the process of appointing the next European Commission.
“I am calling on Fine Gael to make a stand against this cooperation with far right fascists and leave the EPP group.”