BBB and NSC join centre-right EPP group in Brussels with CDA

Dutch coalition parties BBB and NSC have joined the centre-right European People’s Party group in Brussels after taking three seats in the European elections. The Christian Democrats (CDA) lifted their objections to the BBB joining the EPP “family” after holding talks with the leader of its two-person faction, Sander Smit, in Brussels on Tuesday. The decision cements the party’s status as the largest group in the European parliament, with 189 of the 720 MEPs. Six of them are from the...