On Tuesday 16 July, The Left Group in the European Parliament confirmed through its co-president, Manon Aubry, that it would not support Ursula von der Leyen’s candidacy for the presidency of the European Commission. This announcement follows Ms von der Leyen’s hearing in Strasbourg on Monday evening with radical left-wing MEPs (see EUROPE B13453A9).
“The von der Leyen coalition has imposed austerity measures, reduced budgets for public services, increased the number of free trade...