The leaders of the national parties making up the ‘European Greens’ expressed their support on Friday 31 March for the Spitzenkandidaten process, whereby the leading candidate of a European political family presides over the European Commission if he or she wins the European elections and manages to secure a political majority in the new European Parliament.
The Spitzenkandidaten process is “the strongest democratic tool at our disposal to give EU citizens a direct say in deciding who...