{"id":55,"date":"2026-05-20T16:30:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/?p=55"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:30:29","slug":"epp-rejects-the-lefts-criticism-and-defends-centre-coalition-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/2026\/05\/20\/epp-rejects-the-lefts-criticism-and-defends-centre-coalition-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"EPP rejects The Left\u2019s criticism and defends centre coalition cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brussels, 20 May 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European People\u2019s Party (EPP) delegation in the TRAN Committee has rejected accusations made by The Left regarding recent parliamentary negotiations and alleged cooperation with far-right parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released on Tuesday, EPP representatives argued that support for specific amendments \u201cdoes not represent any form of political alliance with extremists\u2019 parties,\u201d but rather reflects efforts to protect European industries, workers and regional interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delegation reaffirmed its commitment to cooperation with S&amp;D and Renew within the parliamentary centre coalition, while insisting on maintaining its political independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full statement is reproduced below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/05\/EPP-official-statement-20_05_page-0001_\u526f\u672c-725x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/05\/EPP-official-statement-20_05_page-0001_\u526f\u672c-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/05\/EPP-official-statement-20_05_page-0001_\u526f\u672c-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/05\/EPP-official-statement-20_05_page-0001_\u526f\u672c-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/05\/EPP-official-statement-20_05_page-0001_\u526f\u672c-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/05\/EPP-official-statement-20_05_page-0001_\u526f\u672c.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels, 20 May 2026 The European People\u2019s Party (EPP) delegation in the TRAN Committee has rejected accusations made by The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/euronews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}