By Christina Keßler, of the Centre for European Reform The Spitzenkandidat (lead candidate) process has not fulfilled its promise of engaging the average voter. Still, it has helped ‘europeanise’ the European Parliament elections...
Guy Verhofstadt has voted against the declaration drafted by the EPP, S&D and Greens to claim that the next Commission President can only be a Spitzenkandidat,...
'Spitzenkandidaten', lead candidates for European Commission President, appeared on stage for the first time in the run-up to the May 22-25 EU 2014 elections. As a...
European Parliament President Martin Schulz will be awarded the 57th International Charlemagne Prize at a ceremony on Thursday 14 May in Aachen. The prize goes to...
British MEP Syed Kamall (pictured) is the new head of the European Conservatives and Reformists, the Parliament's third largest political group. Watch the video in the...
Like all great events, the European elections also came with its own special jargon. The media delighted in using words such as spitzenkandidaten, camembert and stemfie,...
