The watered-down declaration merely focuses on broad objectives for the coming five years, drawing from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s June investiture speech.John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

Document: Right-wing majorities in European Parliament will still be allowed – POLITICO

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The European Parliament unblocked the European Commission’s Dec. 1 kickoff after the center-right European People’s Party, the Socialists and Democrats and liberal Renew signed an agreement committing to work together for the next five years. Check out the document here.

But with the Commission greenlit, the EPP now is free to swing to both the left and right to find majorities, keeping the right-wing members of the European Parliament on side.

Renew lawmakers introduced the agreement as a way to break the deadlock and ease tensions between S&D and the EPP.