The coalition that supports the EU hangs by a thread after the blockade of Ribera

The bumps in the road to approving the vice-presidents of the new European Commission have unleashed a head-on clash between the two main political families in Brussels, the PP and the Social Democrats, which leaves the coalition that for decades has sustained and allowed the European Union to move forward hanging by a thread. The European impasse continues this Thursday without new formal talks planned in the short term after two very politically charged days, against the backdrop of the PP’s blockade of the Spanish candidate Teresa Ribera and the anger of the Social Democrats, who say they refuse to “continue whitewashing” the European People’s Party (EPP) when they no longer consider it a reliable partner. The first direct consequence of the deadlock is the risk that the new European Commission will not start its mandate on 1 December, as planned, but it also leaves up in the air the coalition between pro-European parties with which practically all legislation has historically been passed and which, together with the Greens, gave Ursula von der Leyen her second term in office in July. Since the last European elections, the EPP has had the possibility of reaching an agreement either with these pro-European groups, or with the Conservatives and Reformists and the extreme right (Patriots for Europe and Europe of Sovereign Nations), with whom it has agreed in recent months on amendments to texts on the EU budget or the position of the European Parliament regarding the crisis in Venezuela.

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