European Commission: PS, Ecolo and the PTB will vote against, the MR and the Committed will abstain

Deputy Head of the International Division

Published on 11/26/2024 at 7:15 p.m.
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Special envoy to Strasbourg

Ursula von der Leyen will not benefit from broad Belgian support this Wednesday in Strasbourg.

For French-speaking socialists, it’s no. “No to the extreme right,” insist Estelle Ceulemans and Elio Di Rupo. “Particularly when it comes to entrusting him with a strategic portfolio such as cohesion policy or a symbolic position of executive vice-presidency. »And the PS duo denounced this choice made by Ursula von der Leyen, “which creates an extremely worrying precedent, particularly in an international context marked by major tensions”. The two elected officials from Vooruit have not yet taken a position, they will decide this Wednesday after listening to the speech of the head of the executive.

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