He European Parliament has decided suspend indefinitely the institutional trip that its president, Roberta Metsola, and the leaders of all the political groups were planning to visit Spain on June 26 to mark the beginning of the Spanish presidency of the EU. The reason put forward by the leaders of the Eurochamber is not interfere in the electoral campaign of the anticipated elections of July 23.
The decision to suspend the trip has been taken on the proposal of the European People’s Party at the meeting of the conference of presidents of political groups of the European Parliament held this Thursday. The European socialists, led by the Spanish Iratxe Garciathey have defended that the visit be maintainedbut they have not found support, according to what parliamentary sources explain to EL ESPAÑOL.
Liberals from Renew, the Greens, and the European Conservatives and Reforms (the Vox group) have supported postponing the trip indefinitely. During the visit, the leaders of the Eurocámara planned to meet with members of the Government and representatives of Congress and the Senate, although the final agenda had not yet been finalized. These types of visits are carried out according to protocol at the beginning of all EU presidencies.
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At the moment, the president of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyenit does maintain the institutional visit to Madrid of its college of commissioners to inaugurate the Spanish presidency, which is scheduled for the first days of July.
Sánchez’s decision to advance the elections to July 23 has complicated the start of the Spanish presidency of the EU, which begins on July 1. The President of the Government He resigned last week to give the inaugural speech before the plenary session of the Eurochamber. He did so after a complaint from the European People’s Party that he used this forum for partisan purposes to campaign for an election.
