Michel vs. VDL: EU Top Jobs Reshuffle Trickier Than Thought
Ursula von der Leyen is scrambling for enough votes in the Parliament for reelection, and she could also be excluded from the talks in the Council about her own position.
Ursula von der Leyen is scrambling for enough votes in the Parliament for reelection, and she could also be excluded from the talks in the Council about her own position.
Ilaria Salis, who could receive an 11-year jail sentence, may get parliamentary immunity and be released from house arrest.
The Hungarian PM said a conservative ECR-ID ‘superbloc’ could be the second largest in Parliament, but Czech premier Fiala wants a deal with centrists EPP instead.
“It doesn’t matter what the current opposition is called, we will defeat it again and again,” the prime minister said.
While journalists are downplaying the significance of gains for populists and sovereigntists, they can’t conceal their own serious anxieties about the political consequences.
Marine Le Pen has declared that her party is “ready for power.”
The EU’s most courted woman claimed a third of Italy’s 76 seats for her anti-immigration party.
Lead candidate voted out by majority of party’s MEPs
Right-wing VOX and new anti-establishment party also gained ground in EU elections.
The official results confirmed the government’s disastrous showing at the European elections.
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