This Wednesday 3 March, the EPP group in the European Parliament is considering new rules of internal procedure regarding the expulsion of some of its members. The move, which was initiated by the leader of the group, Manfred Weber (Germany), resulted in the leader of Fidesz and Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, threatening to withdraw his elected representatives from the group should these rules be adopted.
The group’s new rules of procedure would make it possible to exclude not...