FT subscribers can click here to receive Brussels Briefing every day by email. Ursula von der Leyen has stuck fast by her decision to make Margaritis Schinas vice-president for “Protecting Our European Way of Life” — despite a fresh spray of criticism last night from MEPs who see the title as a far-right anti-migration trope. Neither Mr Schinas nor his European Parliament interrogators at his three-hour confirmation hearing gave ground over what has become a flashpoint for longstanding EU tensions over migration — and an early test of how Ms von der Leyen responds to critics. Read More...
FT subscribers can click here to receive Brussels Briefing every day by email. Ursula von der Leyen has stuck fast by her decision to make Margaritis Schinas vice-president for “Protecting Our European Way of Life” — despite a fresh spray of criticism last night from MEPs who see the title as a far-right anti-migration trope. Neither Mr Schinas nor his European Parliament interrogators at his three-hour confirmation hearing gave ground over what has become a flashpoint for longstanding EU tensions over migration — and an early test of how Ms von der Leyen responds to critics.
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