The centre is struggling to hold at the European Parliament.
This week's plenary session showed that the traditional alliance that has dominated European politics since the inception of the union is no longer undisputed.
For the European People's Party, the conservatives who dominate the hemicycle, there is now a choice: it can work with its pro-European, progressive allies or team up with the hard right, a combination that would have seemed too toxic to work just four years ago.
But with the tide turning across Europe, the EPP cares about the EPP's goals.
If that means teaming up with the hardest right in the Parliament, the party is prepared to go there. This week, the party was determined to pass a bill to simplify corporate sustainability reporting and roll back due diligence requirements.
The EPP initially tried to pass the law with the centrist majority, reaching an agreement with Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and the liberals of Renew Europe in October. The deal fell apart when some socialists complained it was unfair to the environment and social rights and betrayed the regulations approved in the previous mandate.
The "Omnibus I" package is in line with the centre-right group's push to make life easier for companies, as it applies EU due diligence rules only to la
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