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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11956

8 February 2018
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Ep2019
MEPs step up pressure regarding Spitzenkandidaten principle
Strasbourg, 07/02/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 7 February, MEPs reiterated their support for the Spitzenkandidaten process, saying they are willing to reject any candidate to the post of president of the European Commission who has not been designated by the European political parties before the European elections of May 2019.

“The Parliament will be ready to reject any candidate to the presidency of the Commission who has not been designated as Spitzenkandidat upstream of the European elections”, said the rapporteur,...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
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