Right-Wing Groups Halt European Parliament Rule-of-Law Mission to Italy

EPP, right-wing groups halt EP rule-of-law monitoring mission to Italy

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 2 - A bid to stage a European Parliament mission in Italy to assess the state of democracy and the rule of law here was halted on Tuesday by the votes against of members of centre-right and right-wing parties, sources said on Wednesday. The Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) rejected a motion to stage the monitoring mission proposed by the Socialists, Greens, and the Left due to the nays of the centre-right EPP and the right-wing ECR, Patriots and ESN groups P...

By ANSA