In the run-up to the European election campaign, the leader of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament, French MEP Stéphane Séjourné, warned the press, on Tuesday 9 January, of the rise of populists and the far right in Europe. He spoke out in favour of a European “incarnation” for his centre-right political family. This could result in the potential nomination of ‘lead candidates’ (‘Spitzenkandidaten’) to preside over the European Council, the European Commission...