Dutch national Frans Timmermans will defend the colours of the social democrat family at the European elections in May 2019 and, should they win, could aspire to the presidency of the European Commission.
"In order to further strengthen our unity, Maroš Šefčovič has announced that he supports Frans Timmermans as the Common Candidate to lead the PES family into the 2019 European Parliament elections. This brings the full force of the PES behind one lead candidate, and allows us to...