The European People’s Party (EPP) candidate for the European Commission hailed the center-right’s victory in the European elections, which end today, vowing to work for a “shield against extremes, left and right” in the European Parliament.
“Today is a good day for PPE. We won the European elections, my friends,” Ursula von der Leyen said in response at the center-right party’s headquarters in Brussels shortly after the first estimates pointed to an election victory. European elections.
“The EPP is the strongest political group in the European Parliament, the EPP has the largest number of leaders, (…) without the EPP it is impossible to form a majority, and together we will build a shield against extremes. “We will stop them left and right,” stressed the current President of the European Commission and candidate for a second term.