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An editor has recently tried putting the parties into political groups in the infobox,[1][2] and other editors have reverted on the grounds that it does not really work that way.[3][4][5]
This idea has been tried before, and had been rejected because it was fitting something where it does not easily fit (US-English: "shoehorning"). See October 2019 discussion of this issue. Someone forgot about the old discussion and tried reintroducing it in February 2024.[6] That arrangement was reverted at the end of March citing the 2019 discussion as the reason for reversion.[7]-- Toddy1(talk)06:37, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah the issues with this format are that:
The EP is not considered to operate with a formalised government/opposition dynamic. Within the European Parliament the political groups are the main division, not government/opposition.
The EU does not use parliamentarism like many countries do. The Commission does not need to continually have a majority in the European Parliament, as a vote of no confidence requires 2/3 of votes. Thus it is only the two investiture votes that really matter and the Commission must win.
The investiture vote is secret, and multiple groups were at least partly split on whether to support von der Leyen. And unlike in many national legislatures, MEPs are not whipped to vote with their group.
The Commission doesn't just include members (indirectly) affiliated with the EPP, S&D, and Renew Europe groups, but also ones affiliated with the PfE and ECR groups. The layout that has been pushed for would incorrectly imply that only the three before mentioned groups are represented in the Commission.
Most importantly, reliable sources don't support this way of framing the EP. While it is acknowledged that some groups are much more part of the majority supporting the Commission, they don't depict it like it is a government/opposition dynamic. Gust Justice (talk) 14:35, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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