Seven wannabe European Commission chiefs — and one seeking to extend her reign — are going up against each other in the first debate of the EU election campaign.
Seven wannabe European Commission chiefs — and one seeking to extend her reign — are going up against each other in the first debate of the EU election campaign.
And that is fine. I am German so as you line out, I don’t get to vote for the Chancellor directly either.
But there were two EP elections since the system changed. and in one of them the public vote didn’t matter.
That does not make for a good precedent and does not make me believe that it will be different this time.
If the EPP wins a relative majority, which is likely, we’re bound to get vdL again, if S&D wins… well, Schmit is from Luxembourg, they have a good track record at actually getting elected. Don’t know anything else about him, though.
Also, WTF is up with the French sending Rassemblement National into the parliament.