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...Last year, the group sanctioned Fidesz’s lead MEP, and Orban ally, Tamas Deutsch after he compared Weber’s stance on the rule of law to the “Gestapo”....
...Not only are there more women candidates than in the past, but two of them, Valérie Pécresse and the far-right’s Marine Le Pen, are leading contenders to make the run-off against Macron....
...Mr Deutsch is now under fire for saying group leader Manfred Weber used tactics reminiscent of the Nazi and communist-era secret police during the recent debates over tying EU funds to rule-of-law benchmarks...
...Politicians celebrating this ruling should be careful what they wish for,” Mr Weber said. Additional reporting by Agata Majos in Warsaw...
...“Even some in the [European Parliament] damaged the idea of a democratic Europe,” said Mr Weber....
...Mr Orban, who said Hungary successfully scuppered the incoming commission presidencies of “ideological guerrillas” Frans Timmermans and Manfred Weber, will meet Ms von der Leyen in Brussels on August 1....
...“To show he was sorry would be a good step,” Mr Weber said....
...The minister, who serves in Hungarian premier Viktor Orban’s far-right government, was critical of Manfred Weber, the European People’s party’s first choice for commission president, and of Dutch Socialist...
...“Mr Weber’s three red lines are just red herrings — a distraction from the real issues,” said Prof Kelemen....
...Mr Weber demanded a halt to the anti-Juncker campaign and an apology to EPP members....
...It “signals that under the current tense situation Mr Orban still tries to seek Mr Weber’s good graces”, she said....
...Manfred Weber, chairman of the centre-right European People’s party and the group’s candidate to lead the European Commission, said he was “very concerned” about the new legal proceedings against Ms Kovesi...
...Manfred Weber, the EPP’s leader, met Mr Orban in Budapest this week to seek a full apology....
...And Mr Orban has heaped praise on Mr Weber, saying he will support him “until the end”....
...Don’t miss the Valerie Hopkins’ vivid account of how Tirana has been trying to convince the doubters....
...Gagan Sawhney and Eric Weber will join as managing directors, and Jim Freeman will join as a senior adviser....
...Manfred Weber, EPP leader and an erstwhile Orban ally, voted in favour of article 7 action but insisted the party needed to keep talking to the Hungarian premier....
...Mr Weber has previously been cordial towards Mr Orban, congratulating the Hungarian premier publicly in April for his landslide re-election win....
...The headmistress of my school, Haverstock comprehensive school, was a woman named Valerie Jenkins, and she taught me English....
...Mr McClellan’s credibility with the press was undermined when he wrongly denied that senior White House officials were involved in leaking the name of Valerie Plame....
...Vin Weber, a Republican strategist who had dinner with him in the past few days, says: “He showed no signs of wear and tear....
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