With 11 new MEPs, including three French people from Reconquest, the group of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) is pleased to now be the third political force in Parliament, now ahead of the liberals from Renew.
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The three Reconquest MEPs have chosen their camp. The parliamentary group of conservative and reformist Europeans (ECR) announced on Wednesday June 19 that they had joined 11 new members, including Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu and Guillaume Peltier. The three MEPs from Eric Zemmour’s party thus join the parliamentary group of the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, which at this stage has 83 elected officials, according to its press release.
“Welcome to our new MEPs!”the group tweeted, rejoicing at having become the third political force in the European Parliament, behind the right-wing European People’s Party (EPP) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
The far right is regrouping in the European Parliament after results marked by the progress of some of its parties following the European election on June 9. Thus, the ECR group obtained 76 seats in the election, but today sees its ranks expanded by a certain number of MEPs who are currently among the approximately 90 not registered.
The other far-right group in the European Parliament, Identity and Democracy, to which the National Rally belongsfor its part has 58 seats for the moment.
