The EPP's internal problems, especially those of the parliamentary group EPP-ED, which brings together MEPs of this party and the British Conservatives, have come to the surface. They have been talked about for a long time behind the scenes, but in a recent official meeting of the group, a few notable MEPs voiced their uneasiness, some even going so far as to say that they may leave the group (see our bulletin of 13 February, p.5).
A legitimate aspiration and partly-contested tactics. The...