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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen currently finds herself in a state of anxiety, and it's easy to see why. From the controversial appointment of her ally Markus Pieper to a €17k per month job, to her diminishing influence within both the EU and her party, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), her campaign is not going as planned. Additionally, her recent discord with Manfred Weber, the European People’s Party (EPP) leader, further complicates matters. At first glance, her prospects of clinching another win in the forthcoming MEP vote as the EPP's frontrunner may sti...
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The declaration, titled "In Defence of Democracy," was released on Wednesday with the signatures of the Socialists & Democrats (S&D), Renew Europe, the Greens/EFA and The Left but, remarkably, without the stamp of the centre-right formation. The two-page statement is a reaction to the attack against Matthias Ecke, a socialist MEP who was beaten up over the weekend while he was putting up campaign posters in Dresden, Germany. Four suspects, aged between 17 and 18, have been identified in connection to the incident, which sent shockwaves through Brussels. Ursula von der Leyen, the EPP's lead can...
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Electoral hopefuls will be able to campaign on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, an all-encompassing reform that would introduce predictable, collective rules to manage the reception and relocation of asylum seekers, endorsed in March by the Parliament after years of deadlock between member states. Making the most out of the untested reform will be one of the top priorities for the bloc in the next mandate, particularly after the number of asylum applications reached 1.14 million in 2023, a seven-year high. But parties vying for seats in the hemicycle have more ideas on the hot-button issu...
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The Maastricht debate, co-hosted by Politico Europe and Studio Europa, lasted one hour and a half and saw a continued exchange of political ideas, which ranged from fiery and passionate to awkward and stilted. On stage were the so-called Spitzenkandidaten, the aspirants to preside over the European Commission after the June elections: Ursula von der Leyen (European People's Party), Nicolas Schmit (Party of European Socialists), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party), Bas Eickhout (European Green Party), Anders Vistisen (Identity and Democracy Party)...
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The debate will begin at 19:00 CET in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and mark the first time the lead candidates, or Spitzenkandidaten, confront each other's projects ahead of the elections to the European Parliament in early June. Ursula von der Leyen is all but guaranteed to be the event's centre of attention, as aspirants to her right assail her Green Deal policies and aspirants to her left denounce her party's ever-closer alliance with hard- and far-right forces. For a sitting president, a presidential-like debate will be something of a novelty: over the past five years, von der Leyen has fi...
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Bjoern Seibert, a highly influential power broker in Brussels, will act as campaign manager from 8 April until the conclusion of the continent-wide elections on 9 June. Alexander Winterstein, a high-ranking official in the European Commission's communications department, will serve as chief spokesperson during the same period. The announcement was made on Friday morning by the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) and immediately raised ethical questions, given the two appointees hail from an institution that, according to the treaties, is independent of partisan politics. Von der Leyen i...
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In a short but explosive message, Breton denounced the centre-right group for failing to deliver an overwhelming endorsement to Ursula von der Leyen as lead candidate. At the end of the EPP congress in Bucharest on Thursday, von der Leyen received 400 votes in favour and 89 against. In total, 737 delegates had voting rights and 591 registered to vote, according to the party. (The message that Breton highlighted erroneously put the number of eligible voters at 801, making von der Leyen's victory margin seem smaller.) "Despite her qualities, Ursula von der Leyen (was) outvoted by her own party,"...
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President of the European People's Party, Manfred Weber, told Euronews that the EPP parties will be “the first row to defend Europe against nationalists.” In an interview with Euronews and Euronews Romania at the European People’s Party Congress in Bucharest, Weber said that by nominating Ursula von der Leyen as the lead candidate for the European elections, the EPP sends “a message of stability in times of uncertainty with war in Europe and also [concerning] the economic challenge on a global level with China. We are keeping Europe together. That is our main message. We need strong and firm l...
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Former European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, says Europe is in “great danger” and has warned the European Union must stay united. In an interview with Euronews, and Euronews Romania at the European People’s Party Congress in Bucharest, Barroso said Europe has to be more competitive in technology and the Green transition without putting the bloc's industries and agriculture at a disadvantage. The former EC president made an appeal to the EPP leadership to “listen to the people and their priorities”. Watch the full interview in the player above.
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Von der Leyen is expected to be elected by acclamation as the EPP's lead candidate for the elections of the European Parliament during a two-day congress in Bucharest, which kicks off on Wednesday. The nomination will make von der Leyen the indisputable frontrunner to preside over the European Commission for another five years. But in a deliberately timed letter, the French delegation of the EPP from the Les Républicains ("The Republicans") party, published a scathing letter blasting von der Leyen's policy legacy and leaving no doubt of their opposition to her re-election. Les Républicains are...
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