Fine Gael's European candidates should pledge to not enter alliance with  far-right bloc, says Cuffe

Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe claimed Fine Gael, which has often voted against the EPP, might be more at home in the Renew Europe group, the home of Fianna Fáil in Europe.

Fine Gael's European candidates should pledge that they will not enter an alliance with the parliament's far-right bloc, a Green MEP has said.

Ciaran Cuffe, the Green MEP for Dublin told the Irish Examiner that he is "worried" about the potential for Fine Gael's European grouping  — the European People's Party (EPP) — to agree a deal to effectively run the parliament with the right-wing European Conservatives (ECR) or Identity and Democracy (ID) groupings.