EU elections could be boon for conservatives
1 / 2In this photo taken on Sunday April 28, 2019, Jan Zahradil, the leader of Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe, answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Prague, Czech Republic. Zahradil is hoping that voters embrace the idea of a scaled-down European Union. Zahradil is a moderate critic of the bloc, not a firebrand like French euroskeptic Marine Le Pen, and he is campaigning for a more flexible EU.
Zahradil is leader of the group known as the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe, which is the third largest in the European Parliament. His group is unlikely to win the ballot in the May 23-26 elections. But he wants to contribute to reforming the EU and attract those critical of its policies with a promise of a more pliable and downsized Europe in the future.
"The European Commission, together with the European Parliament, uses every opportunity to gain more powers, to create an impression that we can't do without the EU. In many cases, it doesn't work." Zahradil said that in the multi-speed Europe, it would be possible for the member states to unite their policies according to their wishes and needs.
In the European Parliament elections, the conservatives are aiming for more than the 76 seats they currently have in the 751-seat EU legislature.
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