In the hemicycle of Strasbourg on Wednesday 12 September, on the occasion of the state of the union speech by the President of the European Commission (see EUROPE 12094), the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL, Greece) launched an appeal to bring the pro-European forces together against the rise in populism.
“President Juncker, who is a member of the European People's Party, spoke as a European Democrat, particularly when he spoke of the future....