Europe's centre-right party clears path for von der Leyen’s re-election, despite some objection
The European People’s Party (EPP) on Thursday confirmed Ursula von der Leyen as its lead candidate for June’s European..
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European People's Party
European centre-right political party
The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, liberal-conservative, and conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Founded by primarily Christian-democratic parties in 1976, it has since broadened its membership to include liberal-conservative parties and parties with other centre-right political perspectives. On 31 May 2022, the party elected as its President Manfred Weber, who was also EPP's Spitzenkandidat in 2019.
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French conservatives blast von der Leyen's 'technocratic drift,' oppose re-election bid
Ahead of the congress of the European People's Party (EPP), the French delegation has come strongly against the re-election bid of..
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