Spitzenkandidat

Weber accuses Macron and Orban of committing an attack on democracy in Europe

Former European Commission president nominee Manfred Weber has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of committing an "attack on democratic Europe" together with Hungary's Viktor Orbán, POLITICO reports. Weber told the…

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Who killed the SpitzenKandidat?

Accusations are flying over the death of the "lead candidate" system for choosing the president of the European Commission, the EU's most powerful job. It's a crime story that's also…

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From Spitzenkandidat to Splitting candidate… the intrigues and backroom politics

The Spitzenkandidat, or "lead candidate," created in 2014 seems all but dead. Under that system, pan-European political groups nominated lead candidates for the European Parliament election who were also their…

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UPDATED: No agreement so far at EU special summit, meeting postponed to Tuesday

UPDATED: EU leaders meeting in Brussels remain divided over who should get the EU's top jobs, and talks have been suspended until Tuesday. Earlier, according to Politico, leaders are discussing…

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UPDATED: EU leaders fail to agree over top jobs at Brussels summit

A summit of 28 European Union leaders has ended without an agreement on who should take on the bloc's top jobs. The talks, held in Brussels, continued until the early…

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Malta supports Frans Timmermans for European Commission President

Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Malta is supporting the nomination of the Socialists and Democrats, Frans Timmermans for the post of European Commission President. The Prime Minister revealed Malta’s…

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Who will lead the EU? Will the Spitzenkandidat system work?

Six EU prime ministers gathered in Brussels for dinner to discuss how to fill all of the EU's top leadership jobs, and the fate of Weber — the German MEP…

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Discussions, lobbying and negotiations on who should lead the EU next

European Union leaders are converging on Brussels to haggle over who should lead the 28-nation bloc’s key institutions for the next five years after weekend elections shook up Europe’s political…

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Weber and Timmermans first face-off debate is nothing but confrontational

The two leading contenders to be the next president of the European Commission went head-to-head for the first time in a TV debate aired on Wednesday evening, and although the…

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Wednesday Morning Briefing

Good morning, The heated debate in the Maltese parliament following the story on La Repubblica as part of the Daphne Project, the arrest of a suspected person in the murder of…

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Macron’s party will not support political groups that back ‘Spitzenkandidat’ process

Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche will not support any European political group that backs the so-called Spitzenkandidat or “favored candidate” process, Christophe Castaner, the movement’s chief executive, said on…

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