On Tuesday 23 April, MEPs debated the conclusions of the European Council held on 17 and 18 April on the subject of competitiveness (see EUROPE B13394A1). The President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented her vision of a competitive Europe and called for “political will to be transformed into action”.
This is also the opinion of the EPP Group’s president, Germany’s Manfred Weber, who praised the actions of Ms von der Leyen, the ‘Spitzenkandidat’ of her...