The European Commission's refusal to approve Hungary's recovery plans until legal reforms have been carried out in the member state and a guarantee given that corruption cases will be investigated has been met with incomprehension by the Co-Chairmen of the European Conservative and Reformists Group (ECR) in the European Parliament, Prof Ryszard Legutko and Raffaele Fitto. According to the Conservatives, governments that are critical or even opposed to further federalisation of the EU are penalised more than others. The ECR Group has long accused the Commission of applying such double standards.

21 July 2021

The Co-Chairmen of the ECR Group in the European Parliament, Polish PiS (Law and Justice) MEP Professor Ryszard Legutko and Italian MEP of the Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) Raffaele Fitto reject the speculation of news portal Euractiv about the future of the European ECR Party.

20 July 2021

Summer recess of the European Parliament

16 July 2021

The ECR Group's Co-Chairmen, Prof Ryszard Legutko and Raffaele Fitto, have condemned the unacceptable repression of the ongoing protests in Cuba and called on the EU to take action.

15 July 2021