On Thursday 18 July in the morning, the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) elected Lucia Nicholsonová (ECR), former State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Social and Family Affairs and Slovak MEP, by secret ballot (38 votes in favour, 14 against, 3 abstentions) as its chair.
Within the Conservative group, bitterness was palpable, this election following two rejections of its candidate the former Polish Prime Minister, Beata Szydło (see EUROPE...