Centre-right European People’s Party upbeat about prospects for von der Leyen retaining role
Ursula von der Leyen and Friedrich Merz: Ms von der Leyen needs the support of a majority of the EU’s 27 national leaders to be nominated for a second term as European Commission president. Photograph: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg’s prospects of a second term in the top EU job have improved after a stronger than expected showing by her centre-right grouping in won more than 180 seats in the European Parliament elections to remain the largest grouping by some margin.
The centre-right EPP, which includes Fine Gael, was slightly more upbeat about Ms von der Leyen’s prospects, based on election results from the vast majority of EU countries. One EPP insider said senior figures in the grouping were “grinning from ear to ear” on Monday.‘They are looking for an alternative’: right and left extremes to gain in Belgian elections
The previous EU coalition of the EPP, the centre-left Socialists and Democrats and centrists Renew won 400 seats between them. However, a minority of MEPs from those groups are expected to break ranks and vote against Ms von der Leyen. The parliamentary majority of the EPP, S&D and Renew was “a bit like Swiss cheese, full of holes”, one high-ranking commission official observed.
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