Brussels, 20/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - According to the Leinen/Hübner report on the reform of the electoral law of the EU, which the European Parliament is to adopt on Wednesday 28 October, the European parties would have to name their lead candidate at least 12 weeks before the date of the European elections.
In the 2014 elections, the main political families for the first time appointed their lead candidate ('Spitzenkandidaten') who, in the event of victory, would chair the European...