Dozens of EU correspondents and European Parliament officials had gathered in one of the parliament's many corridors on Wednesday (5 September), when Manfred Weber arrived.
When the crowd caught sight of the German MEP, the leader of the European People's Party (EPP), nearly everyone became silent.
Although the "press point" that had been announced was not given a title, it was a public secret what Weber came to do.
He came to announce that he wanted to be his party's candid...
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