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EU leaders close to agreeing on Timmermans to lead European Commission
European Union leaders are close to awarding socialist Dutchman Frans Timmermans the job of European Commission president, with the centre-right Kristalina Georgieva lined up to head the European Council, two diplomats said on Monday.
Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel is a strong candidate for the job of EU foreign policy chief, the two diplomats said.
European People's Party condemns Turkish East Med activities
New Democracy MEP Vangelis Meimarakis and his Cypriot counterparts, led by Lefteris Christoforou, secured on Wednesday the condemnation of the European People's Party of Turkish activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea.
Turkey must 'stop any illegal activities' in Cyprus' EEZ, says EPP's Weber
"Turkey cannot be allowed to violate the sovereignty of an EU member state," Manfred Weber, leader of the center-right European People's Party (EPP) bloc in the European Parliament, said on Monday.
Manfred Weber Was Elected as the Leader of the EPP in the European Parliament
Manfred Weber was elected as the leader of the European People's Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament, the Austrian public channel ORF, the FOCUS and BNT reported.
Looking for a new Commission president
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis talks to European People's Party chief Pablo Casado and the EPP's candidate for the next European Commission president, Manfred Weber, at an EPP summit in Brussels on Tuesday.
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President Iohannis attends informal meeting of European Council; talks on leading positions of European institutions to continue
AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: The European leaders who participated in the informal meeting of the European Council, including President Klaus Iohannis, started on Tuesday the discussions aimed to reach an agreement on the takeover of the leadership positions of the European Union institutions.
ND gained citizens' trust due to 'different ethos, style,' Mitsotakis says
Addressing his shadow ministers in a meeting on Monday following New Democracy's victory in European Parliament elections, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greeks had backed ND due to its "different ethos and style" as well as its proposed economic program.
In Hungary, ‘Orban King but Not Kingmaker’
Hungary's ruling Fidesz party notched the best result of any eurosceptic party contesting the European Parliament elections, nabbing 52.3 per cent of the vote to win 13 seats.
Turnout was healthy at 43.36 per cent.
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EPP's Manfred Weber lays down priorities
As Europeans elect a new European Parliament, Manfred Weber, the chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) and lead EPP candidate for the presidency of the European Commission, tells Kathimerini that tighter border security, combating terrorism, streamlining the European Union and boosting employment are among his top priorities if elected.
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Weber hopes for center-ground European stability
The center-right German candidate to head the European Commission says he hopes voters will back a "Europe of stability" and a united and ambitious continent.
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