‘It’s an abusive marriage’: EPP’s far-right flirtation leaves its centrist allies stuck – POLITICO

STRASBOURG — The leaders of Europe’s center-left and liberal groups say the European People’s Party has gone too far in working with the far right. They also say there’s nothing they can do about it.

The Socialists and Democrats, the liberals of Renew Europe and the Greens are choosing to keep calm and carry on after the center-right EPP — the largest group in the European Parliament — leaned on far-right support to approve cuts to green rules.

Yet despite all the acrimony and ultimatums that accompanied the EPP’s breaking ranks, the centrist groups’ strategy is to keep trying to make the relationship work.