[HIGHLIGHTS] For candidacy in the European elections: EPP forces von der Leyen to take a more conservative line

For candidacy in the European elections: EPP forces von der Leyen to take a more conservative line. EPP abandons “Green Deal’ – EPP's flagship project.

Europe must regain “control over migration,” the manifesto says, alluding to the more than one million asylum applications that were counted last year in the 27 EU countries, Norway and Switzerland. The program also includes a passage on asylum procedures in “safe third countries”.