BRUSSELS — Six people appointed by the EU institutions will start discussing on Thursday whether the far-right Europe of Sovereign Nations should be banned as a European party and lose funding, according to an internal note seen by POLITICO. The Committee of Independent Eminent Persons is tasked with advising the watchdog for EU political parties — the Authority for European Political Parties and Foundations — on alleged breaches of European values. Committee members were selected through a combination of political horse-trading, EU countries pushing their candidates, and European Commission officials selecting former peers — raising eyebrows among the parties and foundations they are now expected to scrutinize.
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