EPP leader Manfred Weber is willing to work with pro-European members of the ECR on a selective basis after the European elections. Italy's Giorgia Meloni and the Czech Republic's Petr Fiala are respectable heads of government. Thus it should be possible to cooperate with the MEPs in the European Parliament who come from their parties.
By Markus Grabitz
In many EU countries, the traditional partners from the Christian Democratic party family are weakening. That's why the party and parliamentary group leader Manfred Weber started looking for new partners a while ago. His poaching attempts are directed at the right-wing party spectrum.
By Markus Grabitz
The chairmanship of a European party family has so far been an honorary position. That is the case if the party leader also sits in the European Parliament and is, therefore, financially secure. Under Manfred Weber, who recently became party and group leader of the EPP, things could now change.
By Markus Grabitz
