US EditionDutch Farmer-Citizen Movement MEPs Switch Sides in European Parliament
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The BBB is leaving the Christian Democratic group in the European Parliament. The party will continue as part of the ECR. This is the right-wing conservative group that includes Fratelli d'Italia, the party of Italian Prime Minister Meloni, and the N-VA, the party of Belgian Prime Minister De Wever. Two BBB members sit in the European Parliament: Sander Smit and Jessika van Leeuwen. After the 2024 elections, they joined the Christian Democrats o…
Dutch right-wing populist BBB joins the ECR Group
A Dutch Eurosceptic and populist party, the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBeweging – BBB), decided to leave the European People’s Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament and join the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group. BBB partnered with Geert Wilders‘ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) in the previous Dutch coalition government. The two Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) representing the BBB, Sander Smit and Jessi…
The Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) has decided to leave the Christian Democratic Group of the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament. Both of the party's MEPs will immediately join the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), a center-right group. The ECR group includes the party of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
In the European Parliament, the BBB is switching from the center-right EPP to the more right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party group. This group also includes the nationalist and conservative Fratelli d'Italia party of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The EPP is the largest party in the European Parliament, which also includes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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