Editorial: El País

• The European People's Party (EPP) is unjustifiably blocking Teresa Ribera's appointment to the new European Commission.
• The EPP aims to shift the power balance in the EU, assuming the rise of the far-right is inevitable.
• The EPP's stance on political and legislative issues support illiberal agendas and violate fundamental values such as equality and minority rights.
• Trump's electoral victory in the US seems to bolster these ultraconservative trends in Europe.
• Trump's European allies, including Orbán, Le Pen, and Abascal, seek to diminish European integration and cohesion.
• This 'Trumpist' drift could undermine the EU's foundations by eroding common cohesion, migration or economic policies.

Conclusion: The EPP, as an influential European party, should counter these far-right trends rather than incorporating them. Failure to do so could lead to anywhere from an unnatural EU to the potential paralysis of the European model of cohabitation and prosperity.

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