Half–way through the year already – and what a big year it is, at least politically. The results of the European parliamentary elections are in, and jostling for the top jobs has begun in earnest.
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Interestingly, and likely comforting for Brussels insiders, the turnout was better than it has been for twenty-five years at 51.1% but still nowhere near what true enthusiasts would like to see. While the turnout was a bit higher, the results will have significant impact and alongside change in the Brussels institutions, the aftershocks are being felt at national level with President Macron dissolving the French parliament and calling a general election immediately in the wake of the European results, and rumours of potential change in leadership of ruling coalitions elsewhere. But turning back to the European institutions, one of the key battlegrounds is for Commission President; after all it is in the Commission where the real power lies. Read more here
