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Austrian ÖVP Against EPP Election Program: Nuclear Energy, Schengen Enlargement and Unanimity Principle as Points of Contention
In the run-up to the upcoming EU elections, a conflict is emerging within the European People's Party (EPP), as the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) has announced that it will not support the EPP's election program.
Ursula von der Leyen, the EPP lead candidate for EU Commission presidency, is set to be elected in Bucharest, and the EPP's election program will be adopted. / Picture: © EU European Union
This decision was announced by Christian Stocker, Secretary General of the ÖVP, as reported by ORF. The main reason for the rejection are several "red lines", including issues such as nuclear energy, the expansion of the Schengen area and the abolition of the unanimity principle in the common foreign and security policy,…
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