NCOLAI VON ONDARZA
Nicolai von Ondarza is a political scientist and head of EU/Europe research division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
This summer, the composition of the European Parliament will undergo a significant shift, with changes stemming not only from voters’ decisions but also the maneuvering undertaken by parliamentary groups themselves.
Although EU discourse often treats party groups — such as the European People’s Party (EPP) or the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) — as homogeneous actors, by and large, they remain alliances of national parties that can change at any time, easily altering the Parliament’s make-up.
And this time around, this fluidity is most evident among the EU’s far-right parties, which appear to be gearing up for a significant postelection reconfiguration.
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