The European Parliament’s Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats wants Pina Picierno, who recently quit their group, to resign from her post as Parliament vice president.
“While we acknowledge that EP rules technically allow her to keep the vice-presidency, doing so would be politically incoherent,” said Andrea Maceiras, spokesperson of the S&D group’s chair, Iratxe García.
Maceiras said that the positions “are the result of negotiations during the constitutive process and reflect the weight of the political groups, meaning that [Picierno] is holding a position that belongs to the S&D.”