UK’s Labour angry at new ‘right-wing’ EU Commission head
The Labour party calls German conservative Ursula von der Leyen’s election, in a secret vote, 'anti-democratic'
18 July 2019 - 16:05
London — Members of UK Labour’s top policy team are angry over a decision by their party in the European parliament to support a new European Commission president, questioning an “anti-democratic” move that elected what they have called a right-wing candidate.
The European parliament narrowly confirmed German conservative Ursula von der Leyen in a secret vote on Tuesday despite concerns among many law makers that the EU’s national leaders did not appoint any of the lead candidates, or Spitzenkandidaten, put forward by the assembly...
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