The European project is accumulating emergencies. The parties in the European coalition would do well to keep quiet about their rivalries and get on with it. And the EPP is turning its back on the far right.
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Deputy Head of the International Division
By Véronique LamquinPublished on 11/28/2024 at 00:30
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A listening to the President of the Commission, in plenary in Strasbourg, reading the mission letters of her twenty-six commissioners, only one observation emerges: the task of the college promises to be colossal over the next five years. “Let’s get to work,” said Ursula von der Leyen, concluding her speech on Wednesday. A message which is valid both for the executive, but also for the other institutions of the Union. Donald Trump is not waiting to launch his diatribes, Vladimir Putin is accelerating his dangerous provocations, and the extremist forces continue their breakthrough? The Union has been operating slowly since… the beginning of April, the official start of the electoral campaign.
Ursula von der Leyen places the defense of democracy and the fundamental values of the Union at the heart of her priorities? The democratic forces are undeniably its best, and only, allies in this “eternal fight” that it intends to wage.
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