The EU’s biggest political party met in Valencia – what we learned
- The European People's Party met in Valencia on May 1, 2025, re-electing Manfred Weber and appointing Dolors Montserrat as secretary general.
- The party convened amid tensions following a Valencian flood and despite critiques of local EPP leadership, with von der Leyen pledging a Brussels meeting in May.
- Senior members voiced concerns about the EU’s economic competitiveness and criticized environmental policies, reflecting a rightward shift in party dynamics.
- Weber won 89% of 563 votes, Montserrat received 91%, and Mitsotakis declared, “This is not optional” regarding European defense, prompting applause.
- The meeting underscored internal divisions and signaled a move to the right, with implications for EU policy priorities on growth and security.
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Feijóo uses the European PP Congress to challenge to EU leaders Sánchez's response to the blackout
The PP accuses the government of Pedro Sánchez of lying about the causes of the biggest blackout in the history of Spain. Populars defended this thesis in front of the main European conservative leaders, gathered this Tuesday in Valencia at the congress of the European People’s Party (PPE), which stood despite the total fall of electricity supply in Spain just 24 hours before.
Feijoo's PP demands to his European family that "no disaster attributable to bad government" like the blackout "comes over again"
The PP of Alberto Núñez Feijóo has inaugurated the summit of the European PP in Valencia putting the responsibility of the power blackout on Pedro Sánchez. "Spain deserves rigor, truthful information and that no disaster attributable to negligence or bad government will happen again", pointed out the vice president of the European Parliament, Esteban González Pons, in charge of opening the conclave that is held in Valencia, in place of its natio…
The European PP Congress starts in Valencia with criticism of Sánchez for the blackout: "Spain has a state but not a government"
"Spain went black but the Spaniards did not." The blackout that has paralyzed an entire country has marked the beginning of the congress that the European PP is holding in Valencia. The...
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