European elections - EP2019 / Ep2019

Spitzenkandidaten process is “a potentially explosive institutional set-up”, says Olivier Costa

Brussels, 08/05/2019 (Agence Europe)

The President of the European Council is expected to convene an informal European summit at the end of May or beginning of June to discuss appointments to senior European positions (see EUROPE B12247A1). In 2014, the Spitzenkandidaten process - by which the top candidate of the winning European party in the European elections becomes President of the European Commission - had finally worked, despite the reluctance of the European Council. In 2019, even if the President of the Commission,...