Following the European Council, which reached a painful agreement on the names for the key European posts (see other news), the European Parliament's political groups (S&D, ECR, Greens/EFA, GUE/NGL) presented four candidates for the institution's seats on Tuesday 2 July, the day before the election.
On Tuesday evening, on the basis of the agreement of the European leaders, the idea of a new Presidency shared by the S&D and the EPP political families was circulating. For the S&D group, it is...