An agreement was finally reached on Wednesday evening between the three parties of the European coalition. Even if it allowed all the commissioners to be approved, it poorly masks the differences between the EPP, the socialists and the liberals.
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Deputy Head of the International Division
By Véronique LamquinPublished on 11/20/2024 at 11:08 p.m.
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In extremis, the three pillars of the European majority managed to get the new Commission out of the rut in which they had stuck it. It has been ten days since the European People’s Party (EPP, conservatives), the S&D (socialists) and Renew (liberals) have been torn apart over the appointment of the future executive. The issue? Nothing less than the confirmation of the six vice-presidents of the team and the Hungarian commissioner. Apart from Oliver Varhelyi, none of the others had failed during his hearing on November 12. But all were victims of the deep disagreements between the three political forces called upon to pilot the European project over the next five years.
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