Following the election of two lead candidates by the Party of the European Left, instead of one, it is time to call it.
The so-called 'Spitzenkandidat' system is not going to deliver what its original architects intended.
The idea was that each European party would nominate a Spitzenkandidat (German for lead candidate) and if that political family comes out on top after the European Parliament elections, their Spitzenkandidat becomes president of the European Commission.
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