Commission president Ursula von der Leyen tried to calm MEPs by telling them the parliament will have a say in the recovery (Photo: European Parliament)

MEPs threaten budget veto in EU scrap on corona-money

EU Political

Green Economy

by Eszter Zalan, Brussels,

The European Parliament is to warn the European Commission against ignoring it in designing and implementing the recovery fund aimed at reviving the bloc's pandemic-struck economy.

The warning comes as parliament, especially the largest group, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), have felt increasingly left out of plans drawn up by EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen, herself an EPP member.

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EU Political Green Economy

Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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