Commercial presentation Update: 23/04/2024 18:53
Issued by: 23/04/2024, 18:53
Strasbourg – The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will arrive in Prague on Tuesday, April 30. As part of the election campaign of the European People’s Party, for which he wants to defend the mandate at the head of the EU executive for the second time, he is to meet with representatives of Czech parties, especially politicians from TOP09 and KDU-ČSL. A source from the EPP told ČTK today. The program is still being refined.
At the beginning of March, the head of the EC received the official nomination of the European People’s Party for candidacy for a second mandate. At the party congress in Romania, the German politician was supported by 400 delegates of the European People’s Party, while 89 were against them. The priorities and main challenges for the next five-year period are the war in Ukraine, the crisis in the Gaza Strip, instability in the Middle East and the rise of China, von der Leyen told the participants at the time congress.
The EPP is currently the largest political group in the European Parliament. Among the Czech political entities, its members are KDU-ČSL and TOP09 and the STAN movement. In the pre-election polls, the EPP is clearly in the lead and the candidate from the faction that gets the most votes in the elections is usually nominated for the position of head of the European Commission. According to experts, there is a good chance that von der Leyen will be able to stay in office.
EU CR EC diplomacy of von der Leyen’s party FLEŠ
