Schulz elected as S&D group president
Posted: June 18, 2014 Filed under: News, Politics | Tags: elections, eu, europe, european parliament, Martin Schulz, news, politics, S&D, the parliament magazine Leave a commentMartin Schulz has been elected as S&D group leader and has called on the European council to give Jean-Claude Juncker a mandate for EU commission president.
Federalists and EPP group back Juncker for president
Posted: June 17, 2014 Filed under: News, Politics | Tags: elections, epp, eu, europe, European commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, news, politics, Spitzencandidaten Leave a commentThe Union of European Federalists has urged the European council to propose candidate Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European commission.
Criticism for ‘undemocratic’ joint agreement on next commission president
Posted: April 8, 2014 Filed under: News, Politics | Tags: democracy, elections, eu, europe, European commission, european parliament, news, politics, the parliament magazine Leave a commentParliament’s GUE/NGL and Greens/EFA groups have reacted angrily to a joint statement released by the EPP, S&D and ALDE groups announcing that they had reached an agreement in the selection of the next European commission president.