25/03/2024 (Agence Europe) – The French President, Emmanuel Macron, stressed that the European Commission has “a calling to defend the general interest” and must rise “above parties and countries”, in order to therefore not be “over-politicised”. “This was not at all the case with this outgoing Commission”, he said. Mr Macron reiterated his reticence regarding the political process of leading candidates (‘Spitzenkandidaten’) insofar as transnational lists have not been...