Meimarakis: He didn’t be elected vice-president of the EPP-Final within the voting – 2024-06-24 15:34:00

Opposite to what had occurred within the earlier parliamentary time period, Vangelis Meimarakis didn’t be elected vice-president of the European Individuals’s Celebration within the European Parliament, regardless of his participation within the related vote.

Weber’s final place and re-election

Particularly, Mr. Meimarakis was not solely not elected however got here final within the related voting. To be exact, Mr. Meimarakis collected 85 votes, whereas the final of the vice-presidents to be elected 102. In the identical vote, the top of the Eurogroup of the EPP, Manfred Weber, who utterly controls the center-right within the European Parliament, managed to be re-elected to the presidency for the fourth time in a row.

Vosenberg is the chief of the ND MPs

In truth, Mr. Meimarakis is not going to be head of the New Democracy MEPs both, as he was throughout the earlier parliamentary time period, as this place was taken by Mrs. Eliza Vosenberg. The reasoning with which Mrs. Vosenberg assumed the particular place was, in spite of everything, associated

The federal government’s remark

From the aspect of the federal government, the federal government consultant, Pavlos Marinakis, commented on the vote of the EPP vice-presidents that “clearly we’re not happy with this outcome. Our need was the election of Mr. Meimarakis”. He hastened to argue that it’s “nihilistic logic with out foundation” to isolate this particular vote and interpret that Greece or the prime minister will not be sturdy. He additionally emphasised that Mr. Mitsotakis is among the most pivotal individuals within the negotiation for the Fee presidency and the portfolios of the commissioners.

However he famous that this has nothing to do with the voting for the vice-presidents of the “mom” European get together of the ND, stating that it was a secret course of. “We contemplate Mr. Meimarakis one of the emblematic members of the ND, a key member of the European Parliament, he has been a former president of the get together and of the Parliament. Let’s transfer on to the subsequent targets.”

The ten vice-presidents elected (in alphabetical order):

François-Xavier BELLAMY (Γαλλία, The Republicans)

Andrzej HALICKI (Πολωνία, Civic Platform)

Jeroen LENAERS (Κάτω Χώρες, Christen Democratisch Appèl)

Dolors MONTSERRAT (Spain, Partido Fashionable)

Siegfried MUREŞAN (Ρουμανία, Nationwide Liberal Celebration)

Lidia PEREIRA (Portugal, Partido Social Democrata)

Massimiliano SALINI (Ιταλία, Forza Italia)

Tomas TOBÉ (Sweden, Moderaterna)

Romana TOMC (Σλοβενία, Slovenian Democratic Celebration)

Željana ZOVKO (Κροατία, Croatian Democratic Union)