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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11544

3 May 2016
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INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) parliament 2019
Italy is only state willing to endorse “Spitzenkandidaten”

Brussels, 02/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - Italy is the only member state which considers that formally incorporating the “Spitzenkandidaten” practice in EU electoral law would be “feasible”.

“In principle”, an Italian diplomatic source told EUROPE on Monday 2 May,“we're not against it”. The source highlighted previous statements made by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi that the post of president of the European Commission should be made more political and ways found to bring...

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