“Spitzenkandidaten” process is here to stay, insist MEPs

MEPs will only elect a new Commission President who has been nominated by European political parties ahead of the 2019 European elections.

MEPs warned EU countries against abandoning the so-called “Spitzenkandidaten” (lead candidate) method of choosing candidates for EU Commission President in a debate with EU Commission First Vice-President President Frans Timmermans on Wednesday.

EU leaders said at their 23 February informal summit that they would not be bound by the Spitzenkandidaten method in the run-up to the 2019 European elections.

This method, first used in 2014 to select current Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, enables European political parties to nominate candidates for the post of EU Commission President in the run-up to the elections, and thus links the choice to the election outcome.

MEPs also called for the next EU’s long-term budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), to be spent more effectively after 2020 and for new resources, such as a financial transaction tax to replace part of the national direct contributions.

Read more: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20180226IPR9861...

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