It was Feijóo’s first meeting with the president of the EU executive since he became leader of the Partido Popular. The President of the Partido Popular thus culminated the major bilateral meetings during the Congress of the European People’s Party (EPP). Feijóo met with Von der Leyen not as an EPP militant, but in a meeting ‘of an institutional nature’. What Feijóo did not promise President Von der Leyen was that the PP would vote in favour of the specific reforms that Sánchez would take to Congress. “They don’t inform us of anything, and at least the main opposition party should be taken into account,” said the PP leader.

Source: Washington Post June 01, 2022 15:28 UTC