US EditionSocialists elect Nicolas Schmit as lead candidate for EU elections
- Nicolas Schmit has been elected as the lead candidate for the EU elections by the Party of European Socialists.
- The centre-right European People's Party, including Ursula von der Leyen, will be contesting against Schmit in the upcoming elections.
- Forecasts suggest a rise of hard-right and far-right parties, potentially shifting the European Parliament towards conservative ideas over progressive causes.
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Next week, the PPE will officially designate Ursula von der Leyen as its main candidate at a congress in Bucharest. PES is seen as the second political force in the future European Parliament. Article Candidate for the presidency of the European Commission, Nicolas Schmit, supports Romania's accession to Schengen and condemns the extreme right - 'a poison for democracy', which appears for the first time in Romania TV.
La Alianza Progresista de Socialistas y Demócratas (S&D;) ha elegido este sábado al luxemburgués Nicolas Schmit como candidato a presidir la Comisión Europea para las elecciones previstas entre el 6 y el 9 de junio durante un congreso celebrado en Roma. Los delegados al Congerso Electoral de la S&D; han aprobado el programa electoral para las elecciones durante y han elegido a Schmit por aclamación en un encuentro celebrado en el centro de congr…
The European Social Democrats, meeting at a congress in Rome, elected by a wide majority on Saturday the European Commissioner for Labour, Nicolas Schmit, as the head of the list of the Party of European Socialists (PES) for the upcoming European elections and candidate for the leadership of the European Commission after the elections, reports DPA.
European Socialist Party (PES) candidate Nicolas Schmit is leading the European Union elections, with Luxembourg politician set to be the socialists' candidate for the European Commission presidency. Schmit, currently the European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, received the mandate at the PES's Roman congress. There was no doubt: the 70-year-old Luxembourg politician was the only candidate for the position. The PES is currently …
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