All the Times Sinn Féin Sat on Their Hands for Russia in the European Parliament

Sinn Féin Lies, Ukrainians Die!

Sinn Féin has a complicated history with the European Union. When I say complicated, I mean that they share the same views as the Reform party, and their DNA is deeply Eurosceptic and dripping in the kind of ethnonationalism that is not all that dissimilar to what you might see in Orbán’s Hungary or Putin’s Russia.

Sinn Féin and Ireland’s independent MEPs are aligned with the imaginatively named ‘The Left’ in the European Parliament, you guessed it, a left-leaning, socialist group whose voting record aligns with Russian interests a lot in parliament. The Left is the smallest political group in the EU parliament, similar to People Before Profit in the Dáil but just as loud and obnoxious. It’s not the only thing PBP have in common with ‘The Left’. In the European Parliament, ‘The Left’ is just as irrelevant as People Before Profit in the Dáil.

Groupings in the EU Parliament are important because they help facilitate cooperation and coordination among Members of the European Parliament (M…