7 hours agoMerkel-Macron clash over election new EC president
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Ahead of the summit, where the results of the European Parliament's elections will be discussed, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Elyze chief Emmanuel Macron have had a clash, the cause of which has become the way of the new European Commission president's election. The head of the French state insists the process is not automatic. Merkel, by [...]
The head of the French state insists the process is not automatic. Merkel, on the other hand, made it clear that Germany continues to favour the election of the main candidate from Sunday's winning election party.
The leaders of the European bloc are expected to gather in Brussels to talk about voting across the EU, but also about the appointment of new leaders of European Union institutions. The German Chancellor insists that EU leaders make those decisions as soon as possible.
“We have to find a solution as soon as possible, since the new parliament will meet in early June and is naturally preferred to have a proposal from the European Council”, Merkel has said.
Who supports the conservative CDU alliance. CSU and its partner in the ruling SPD coalition is the process “Spitzendidat”, under which the candidate elected by the winning party is voted in the EP as the next European Commission president.
Manfred Weber, candidate of JPEG/ EPP for president of the European Commission. And although he suffered major losses Sunday, the European People's Party and its main candidate, German Manfred Weber, again came first.
