Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Latest
Trending
Latest stories
Europe
Categories
Programmes
Featured
World
Categories
Programmes
Featured
EU Policy
Business
Categories
Programmes
Featured
Travel
Categories
Programmes
Next
Categories
Programmes
Featured
Culture
Categories
Programmes
Green
Categories
Programmes
Featured
Health
Categories
Programmes
Euroviews
Videos
More
Special coverage
Partner content
Services
Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Find Us
Flipboard Instagram Linkedin
Advertisement

Does the centre-right need to work with the far-right? | Radio Schuman

Euronews
Euronews -  Copyright  Euronews
Copyright Euronews
By Euronews
Published on •Updated
Share this article Comments
Share this article Close Button

Ursula von der Leyen needs the endorsement of the European Council and the simple majority at the European Parliament to get re-elected European Commission president. How much does she need the votes of far-right parties?

ADVERTISEMENT

Does the centre-right need the support of far-right lawmakers to govern and to secure Ursula von der Leyen's second bid for the helm of the European Commission?

Radio Schuman asked the centre-right European People's Party's (EPP) secretary general about this and more during a post-election event at the Microsoft centre on Thursday (13 June).

We quizzed Thanasis Bakolas on how the EPP is working to tie down the necessary support in the European Council and those European Parliament votes it needs to secure von der Leyen second term in office.

We also dig into the EU Court of Justice ruling condemning Hungary for breaching asylum rules, and look at some interesting newly elected MEPs.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share this article Comments

Read more

Green vote could make or break von der Leyen’s bid for second term as Commission president

German national security ‘tense’, says country’s interior minister

President of EPP Manfred Weber invites Hungarian newcomer Tisza into fold