The European People's Party (EPP) leading candidate in the European elections, Germany's Manfred Weber, said he was “surprised” by the position of his Party of European Socialists (PES) competitor, Frans Timmermans, on the end of unanimity in the Council of the EU on foreign policy, a project launched by the European Commission (see EUROPE B11861A10).
On Thursday 2 May in Florence, a few minutes after the Spitzenkandidaten debate, Mr Weber told EUROPE “I was surprised” (see EUROPE...