As the EU elections approach, European political parties from all sides are gearing up to nominate their candidates for the European Commission’s top job.
Things initially got off to a good start for the Party of the European Left. In mid-December, the national member parties of the European Left officially agreed at their Madrid Congress to nominate Greek politician Alexis Tsipras as their candidate for the EU's most coveted position.
The French Left Party (Parti de Gauche), a member of the European Left, warmly backed the Greek nominee.
“We welcome Alexis Tsipras’s candidacy as a symbol of the peoples’ struggle against austerity policies,” Martine Billard, co-president of the French Left Party, said on 15 December.
In her view, the European Left party bears a “responsibility to chart a political alternative and bring back hope to the people, while two-thirds of the European Union’s governments are from the right".
Read more:French leftist coalition blows up ahead of EU, local elections | EurActiv
Things initially got off to a good start for the Party of the European Left. In mid-December, the national member parties of the European Left officially agreed at their Madrid Congress to nominate Greek politician Alexis Tsipras as their candidate for the EU's most coveted position.
The French Left Party (Parti de Gauche), a member of the European Left, warmly backed the Greek nominee.
“We welcome Alexis Tsipras’s candidacy as a symbol of the peoples’ struggle against austerity policies,” Martine Billard, co-president of the French Left Party, said on 15 December.
In her view, the European Left party bears a “responsibility to chart a political alternative and bring back hope to the people, while two-thirds of the European Union’s governments are from the right".
Read more:French leftist coalition blows up ahead of EU, local elections | EurActiv
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