The European Parliament on Wednesday (27 November) voted to approve the mandate of the next European Commission, led again by Ursula von der Leyen — but only following weeks of political infighting that confirmed the weaknesses of the mainstream so-called 'democratic coalition’.
“Finding ways to work with each other – and overcoming fragmentation. This is what...
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Elena is EUobserver's editor-in-chief. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.