Less than a week after the announced resignation of Martin Schulz, Italy's Gianni Pittella, currently head of the S&D group at the European Parliament, announced on Wednesday 30 November that he plans to enter the race for the Presidency of the Parliament.
This makes the Italian Social Democrat the fourth officially declared candidate, along with EPP members Alain Lamassoure of France, Ireland's Mairead McGuinness, and Belgian ECR group member, Helga Stevens. The candidacy of French Liberal...