Socialists nominate Frans Timmermans for European Commission president
2019-02-24 11:00:40 source：Politico
February 23, 2019
MADRID — European Socialists kicked off their 2019 European Parliament election campaign on Saturday by officially nominating Frans Timmermans — currently second in command at the European Commission — for the top job, and framing their campaign for European Parliament seats around a "new social contract."
Flanked by giant red billboards, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez and Timmermans wore jeans as they danced to "Bella Ciao" a favored song about the Italian World War II resistance, while other leading members of the center-left payed homage to Timmermans, who ran unopposed after the withdrawal of his Commission colleague Maroš Šefčovič from the race in November.
The European election season is now set to move into high-gear, with Manfred Weber, the European People's Party candidate for Commission president to officially launch his campaign in early March.
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