In combat for EU pinnacle jobs, conservatives down however not out
When it comes to the EU’s future leadership, the middle-right European People’s Party is still in fee — for now.The Continent's dominant political pressure lost seats in the final month's European Parliament election. Manfred Weber, its candidate for European Commission president, has been rebuffed via EU leaders such as Emmanuel Macron. Weber has no longer even been able to get a majority of his fellow MEPs to aid him.As lengthy as they stand using Weber, EPP leaders face warfare for the pinnacle task they may probably lose. The key questions for senior EPP leaders, consisting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are how long to stay with the Bavarian MEP and whether to interchange to every other candidate to make sure the birthday party keeps its grip the Commission presidency...