The Left group, representing the radical left, has decided to welcome the 5 Star Movement. The membership agreement was reached in record time and a six-month “mutual observer” status was agreed upon. In short, it will be a trial period in which we will see whether cooperation is possible and whether there are differences of opinion.
“We have achieved our first political objective, which was to be part of a progressive group that knows how to develop the points of the programme we presented in the European elections,” said the head of the delegation, Pasquale Tridico. -“With a group in the European Parliament, we will be able to have full political viability. This means that we will be able to follow the approval process of European laws in all their stages, contribute to their drafting, amend texts, negotiate and write decisions, coordinate in parliamentary committees, even in the plenary, and thus defend citizens more sharply.”
“This decision was taken in agreement with our Italian friends in Sinistra Italiana, and we ensured that the M5s were in line with our political position,” said Frenchman Manon Aubry of La France Insoumise, head of the left. “The left is the group that represents anti-fascism, fights for workers’ rights, pursues ambitious climate action and opposes austerity policies,” she added, reminding that: “We are the primary opposition to von der Leyen and act as a bulwark against the extremes of the right and its racist and sexist ideas.”
“The period of mutual discussion will serve to develop the future challenges of the European political agenda, starting with the non-candidacy of Ursula Von dar Leyen for the presidency of the European Commission. Our struggle for a fairer, more social and above all, free from wars and conflicts, Tridico, begins now,” he promised.
Source: Today IT
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