- The
Spitzenkandidat process (German: [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt] ,
German for 'lead candidate') is the
method of
linking the
choice of
President of the Commission...
- the
party elected as its
President Manfred Weber, who was also EPP's
Spitzenkandidat in 2019. The EPP has been the
largest party in the
European Parliament...
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attempted in the form of the
spitzenkandidat process,
although in 2019 the
European Council rejected the
Spitzenkandidat of the
leading party, and instead...
-
Patriots for
Europe Group in the
European Parliament. He was the "
spitzenkandidat"
selected to
represent the
Identity and
Democracy group in the European...
- politics, the
person at the head of an
electoral list is
called the
Spitzenkandidat ("lead candidate"). By convention, this
means that this
person (normally...
-
Angela Merkel as
Spitzenkandidat for the
party At
their 2018
Congress in Helsinki, the EPP
elected Manfred Weber as
their Spitzenkandidat for
President of...
-
selection of the
European Commission President (known
colloquially as the
Spitzenkandidat system)
dictating that
whichever party group gained the most seats...
-
position of
President of the
European Commission and was
elected as the
Spitzenkandidat of the EPP in November. On 26 May 2019 Weber's
European People's Party...
- candidate, or
Spitzenkandidat, for the
presidency of the
Commission in the 2014 elections. This
marked the
first time that the
Spitzenkandidat process was...
- in particular, or at
least someone from that
political family – the
Spitzenkandidat principle, below – but this is a convention, not an obligation). That...
