Civic Democrats in on new rightist faction in EP

Shortly after their election victory, the centre-right Civic Democrats announced that they were forging ahead with plans for a new rightist faction in the European Parliament. Leader of the Civic Democrat EP ticket Jan Zahradil said the new faction would have over 60 members and be set up by the end of June, bringing together parties from Britain, Poland, the Czech Republic and other member states. Every faction in the 736-seat European Parliament has to be composed of at least 25 MEPs, representing at least seven of the 27 EU member countries.