Ursula von der Leyen will not be able to count on the votes of the Republicans within the European People's Party (EPP) to carry out her plan for a new mandate at the head of the European Commission.
Without doubt, this will not prevent the outgoing president, the only candidate in the running, from being invested under the colors of the EPP at the end of the congress organized in Bucharest, from March 5 to 7.
But contrary to appearances, support is far from unanimous behind the scenes and when François-Xavier Bellamy, head of the LR list in the European elections, announces that his political family will not support the candidacy of Ursula von der Leyen, we have the impression that he is finally saying out loud what certain EPP MEPs are thinking quietly.
By publicly assuming criticism of the commission's outgoing results, the French MEP has thrown a spanner in the works.
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On Wednesday, during an internal meeting of the EPP group, the parliamentarian did not hesitate to address Ursula von der Leyen in a transparent manner.
He did it…
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