He announced on Friday that he was abandoning the idea of running for a seat in the European Parliament, a candidacy which would have forced him to leave his current position prematurely.
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The adventure was short-lived. The President of the European Council Charles Michel finally renounces running in the elections to the European Parliament scheduled for June 6 to 9 in the 27 countries of the EU. “Personal attacks are increasingly taking precedence over factual arguments”he lamented, in a text published on Facebook, in the evening, Friday January 26. “I will not be a candidate in the European elections”he added, emphasizing his desire to carry out his current responsibilities “with determination” until their end.
The European elections will lead to a renewal of the heads of the main EU institutions which must reflect the political balance resulting from the ballot. Less than three weeks ago, the 48-year-old Belgian official, who has chaired the meetings of heads of state or government of European Union countries for four years, created a surprise by announcing that he intended to leave prematurely. its functions. His surprise announcement from Charles Michel had shaken up the calendar, raising thorny questions around his succession. She had also sparked strong criticism, sometimes coming from her own political camp.
