Three candidates have emerged to contest the favourite - German centre-right MEP Hans-Gert Poettering - in the race to become the next president of the European Parliament.
The green group decided on Wednesday (6 December) to nominate its co-chairman Monica Frassoni while the leftist GUE/NGE group supported its French leader Francis Wurtz to run for the job.
The greens' Ms Frassoni wants to campaign in favour of a more efficient and environmentally-friendly parliament while Mr Wu...
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