Vox quits Meloni’s ECR and joins Orban’s ‘Patriots for Europe’
Spain's far-right Vox party, which currently has six MEPs, has officially announced that it's leaving the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group to join a potential new formation led by Orban's Fidesz party. Orban's alliance already includes the Czech ANO, the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the Portuguese Chega - but there are rules for becoming a political group in the European Parliament, and the Patriots for Europe have yet to meet another criterion. While they meet the threshold of at least 23 MEPs, they do not emanate from at least seven member states - Orban still needs two ...