The EPP Group in the European Parliament wants to take over the Presidency of the European Parliament. On Wednesday 8 September, it launched an internal procedure to nominate its candidate to succeed the Italian social democrat, David Sassoli.
An agreement to ‘share’ the President’s seat was reached at the beginning of the mandate, on 3 July 2019, between the European Parliament’s three main political groups (see EUROPE B12288A1), the EPP, S&D and Renew Europe Groups, the Christian...