23/08/24 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 22 August, René Repasi MEP (S&D, Germany) criticised on X the decision by Luxembourg’s Christian Democrat government not to appoint Nicolas Schmit, the former candidate to head the list of European Social Democrats, as European Commissioner, in favour of Christophe Hansen (see EUROPE B13466A1). In his view, this decision undermines the ‘Spitzenkandidat’ process, which was respected in 2024 with the re-election of EPP candidate Ursula von der...