On Thursday, 22 February, Portugal’s Pedro Marques—the S&D Group’s vice-chair for foreign affairs in the European Parliament—expressed his hope that President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, who is seeking reelection in the European elections in June, “will not go back on certain points or slow down” the pace of the ‘European Green Deal’ during the campaign.
“[Mrs von der Leyen] is also a ‘European People’s Party’ candidate, and we are going to...