The centre-left is playing a remarkable game since it came second in the EU elections one month ago.
A straight up look at the political factions in the European Parliament shows that the centre-right have 221 seats while the socialists have 191.
However a combination of the more diverse make-up of the parliament plus the dynamics of Germany’s domestic politics has given them a stronger hand than apparent at first glance.
The new constellations in the parliament mean that n...
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