Spaniard Iratxe Garcia Perez was confirmed as president of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament and was unanimously re-elected to lead the group for the new legislature. But the PSOE representative will head the second largest group in Parliament, with 136 seats, in just the first half of the parliament, and then hand the ball over to a member of the European Parliament in two and a half years. From the Democratic Party. Democratic Secretary Elly Schlein explained that “there was already an agreement before the vote” on this issue. “But we are more interested in priorities than in positions and in asserting our weight in the debates that will take place in the European Parliament,” Schlein assured.
The Democratic Party is the main national delegation of the socialists, with 21 deputies, followed by the Spanish with 20 deputies. “Naturally, Italians will have excellent representation in the different areas of our group and in the European Parliament,” assured Garcia Perez. It guarantees that “everyone is important to me”.
Another important thing for Spanish politics is to exclude from key roles two right-wing groups, the conservatives and reformists (Ecr), of which Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy are part, and Matteo Salvini’s Union Identità e Democracy. In his speech at the meeting, he said, “As social democrats, we clearly say that our red lines are with the ECR and ID. We will see what the position of other political groups is, but in any case, our position is very clear.” End of S&D group meeting. The vice presidents of the group will be elected tomorrow (Wednesday, June 26).
Source: Today IT

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