On Wednesday 18 January, the chair of the EPP group at the European Parliament, German MEP Manfred Weber, invited the Social Democrats to join the EPP-ALDE platform to reform the EU. This agreement contributed to the victory, the evening before, of the EPP's candidate, Antonio Tajani, following an election for President of the Parliament that went to four rounds (see EUROPE 11705).
Speaking to a group of journalists in Strasbourg on Wednesday morning, Weber gave his initial gut analysis of...