|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Merkel ally elected EU assembly head
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Race
|
| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Jan 18, 2007 08:39am |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 16, 2007 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A key ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, conservative Hans-Gert Poettering, was elected president of the increasingly influential European Parliament on Tuesday.
The German conservative takes the mantle for the next two and a half years from Spanish socialist Josep Borrell under a rotating deal struck between the assembly's two largest groups at the beginning of the legislature's tenure in 2004.
Poettering defeated three rivals -- Green Italian MEP Monica Frassoni, Danish euroskeptic Jens-Peter Bonde and Francis Wurtz, a member of the European United Left group. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
