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Manfred Weber, the chairman of European Parliament conservative party European People’s Party, called on the European Council to consider an arms embargo on Turkey. Briefing correspondents in Brussels, EPP’s chairman Weber said “it is unacceptable and provocative for Ankara to threaten Greece with war and to raise the issue of …

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Selecting the candidate of European People’s Party as European Commission president would be a negative development for Europe, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said at the preparatory meeting of the Party of European Socialists (PES) on Tuesday. For the Greek Prime Minister the German candidate Weber (CSU) is “extremely conservative” and …

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“Every vote for New Democracy is a vote for anti-Greek Weber,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday targeting the EPP’s arch-conservative candidate for the European Commission Presidency, German Manfred Weber. Reason for Tsipras’ attack on Weber was the comment by the latter on the relief measures announced by the …

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“Next time I’ll come to Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be Prime Minister.” The bold support came by Manfred Weber, the center-right European People’s Party candidate to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as the President of the European Commission. The Bavarian arch-conservative politician from the Christian Social Union choose the Greek capital Athens …

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“We need a new government in Greece,” said Manfred Weber, chariman of the European People’s Party (EPP) at the European Parliament and canditate of his group for the European Commission Presidency. Holding a joint press conference with New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the arch-conservative German politician from Bavaria seemed certain …

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European parliament vice-president and head of SYRIZA fraction Dimitris Papadimoulis hit out at the chairman of EPP, Manfred Webber, who claimed the problem of Greece was the “communist Prime Minister.” “Weber is again completely out of step with the majority of the European Parliament as well as Jean-Claude Juncker and …

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Chairman of conservative European People Party fraction in the European Parliament and vice of German CSU, Manfred Weber, revealed what the biggest fraction in the EU Parliament thinks to be the problem of Greece. “The fundamental problem of Greece is it has a communist as prime Minister,” Manfred Weber said, …

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An unexpected supporter for Greece, from a side which is not known for its positive approach. Conservative German CSU politician and leader of European People’s Party fraction in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for challenging the Lausanne Treaty of 1923 and setting in borders …

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