According to its party leader Manfred Weber (CSU), the European People’s Party (EPP) is willing to work with selected right-wing populist parties in the European Parliament. „Why shouldn’t we work together with right-wing conservatives such as Italy’s head of government Giorgia Meloni and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala?“ Weber told Welt am Sonntag. Meloni and Fiala are recognized heads of government, they are committed to Ukraine and want to shape Europe constructively. „In the newly elected European Parliament, selective cooperation with pro-European conservatives is just as conceivable for me as cooperation with the Greens.“