Hints and tips:
...David Pilling Will Argentina dollarise its economy? No....
...Until then, the EPP can only hope to get its mojo back....
...He is likely to be succeeded by Roberta Metsola, a Maltese MEP selected by the EPP as its candidate for president. “I am heartbroken....
...deal with the EPP....
...A decade on, with growing illiberalism and a sharp rightward turn by many EPP members, it is Orban rather than Merkel who may leave the most lasting imprint on the modern EPP....
...Under an agreement struck by EU leaders, the EP role was to be split between the socialists (filled by incumbent David Sassoli) before being handed over to the centre-right European People’s party (EPP)...
...He is likely to be succeeded by Roberta Metsola, a Maltese MEP selected by the EPP as its candidate for president....
...Already two committees with representatives from both the EPP and the S&D have reached compromises....
...Maros Sefcovic, EU vice-president in charge of UK relations, held talks with Lord David Frost on Wednesday night....
...A defection to the EPP, which has enough trouble handling Hungary’s Viktor Orban, is unlikely....
...Ms von der Leyen, by contrast, has had strained relations with the EPP since she took Brussels’ top job. Convincing them that he is at fault won’t be an easy sell....
...The EPP has been in the process of suspending a Fidesz MEP....
...Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has tested positive for Covid-19; David Frost, the UK chief negotiator, self-isolated earlier this month after developing mild coronavirus symptoms....
...After a final formal handshake, he leaves for meetings with Tony Blair and David Cameron, who’ve been waiting patiently in the wings....
...Hands off The EU and UK kicked off their future relationship talks with a two-hour meeting between David Frost and Michel Barnier in Brussels on Monday....
...EPP chairman Donald Tusk announced the continuation of Viktor Orban’s indefinite suspension from the parliamentary group on Wednesday....
...In recalling this episode, Cameron shows little understanding of the damage that the decision to leave the EPP had on his ability to make friends and create alliances in Europe....
...She will need support from the centre-left and the liberals as well as her own EPP....
...Just do itThe European Parliament's largest political group, the EPP, wants the UK to extend its post-Brexit transition period beyond the end of the year....
...This week the EPP Group, the centre-right coalition in the European Parliament, said Brussels needs to be ready in exceptional cases to allow mergers that would create pan-European champions similar to the...
...While Mr Juncker was appointed in the teeth of outright opposition from David Cameron, the UK prime minister, overriding a French president in such a way remains taboo in Brussels....
...The EPP gets no additional MEPs from the UK, because the Conservatives left the group to form a rival alliance under David Cameron in 2014....
...Ironically, it is the centre-right European People’s party (EPP), which instigated the downfall of Goulard, that is most behind Mr Breton....
...Although Fidesz is suspended from the EPP, its MEPs remain a significant part of Weber’s EPP group in the parliament....
...Fidesz promoted MEPs spent most of their first day back in Strasbourg voting in the parliament's new top leadership, including a raft of new vice-presidents to work under David Sassoli....
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