Gathered in Florence for a new debate between the ‘Spitzenkandidaten’ hosted by the European University Institute on Thursday 2 May, Manfred Weber, Frans Timmermans, Guy Verhofstadt and Ska Keller, respectively the candidates of the EPP, PES, ALDE and the Greens for the presidency of the European Commission, clashed for an hour and a half on the themes of migration, the economy, security, foreign policy and the democratic functioning of the EU.
While they generally stuck to their...