Strasbourg, 10/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 9 October, the Social Democrats at the European Parliament gave their backing to the candidacy of Martin Schulz of Germany to head the social democratic list in the European elections of May 2014, meaning that in the event of victory, Schulz, who is currently president of the European Parliament, could become the president of the European Commission.
Hannes Swoboda, head of the S&D group at the Parliament, said: “In his role as the...