The President of the European Parliament (EP), Roberta Metsola, confirmed this Monday that she was running again for the position and said that the majority in this institution supports the reappointment of Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission.
“Pro-European forces [no PE] will be able to continue to cooperate,” Metsola said this Monday, addressing journalists at the entrance to the Extraordinary European Council, taking into account the results of the European elections, to discuss the election results over dinner.
“And I can confirm that the majority of political groups in the EP support the lead candidate Ursula von der Leyen,” represented by the European People’s Party (EPP, center-right), which won the June 6-9 vote with 190 votes. out of 720 mandates, he emphasized.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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