{"id":7466,"date":"2024-05-23T18:27:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=7466"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:28:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:28:52","slug":"il-kandidati-ewlenin-jipprezentaw-il-prijoritajiet-taghhom-ghall-presidenza-tal-kummissjoni-ewropea","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-kandidati-ewlenin-jipprezentaw-il-prijoritajiet-taghhom-ghall-presidenza-tal-kummissjoni-ewropea\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead candidates present their bids for the European Commission presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1716479028889_20240523_EP-169521A_PB9_258-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7469\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1716479028889_20240523_EP-169521A_PB9_258-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1716479028889_20240523_EP-169521A_PB9_258-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1716479028889_20240523_EP-169521A_PB9_258-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1716479028889_20240523_EP-169521A_PB9_258-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1716479028889_20240523_EP-169521A_PB9_258-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1716479028889_20240523_EP-169521A_PB9_258-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Eurovision debate between the lead candidates for the presidency of the European Commission took place in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walter Baier (Austria, European Left), Sandro Gozi (Italy, Renew Europe Now), Ursula von der Leyen (Germany, European People\u2019s Party), Terry Reintke (Germany, European Greens) and Nicolas Schmit (Luxembourg, Party of European Socialists) participated in the debate, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in collaboration with the European political parties and the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The debate focussed on Economy and Jobs, Defence and Security, Climate and Environment, Democracy and Leadership, Migration and Borders and on Innovation and Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions were asked by the audience in the plenary chamber, by viewers watching from events organised by Parliament\u2019s Liaison Offices in EU member states, submitted via social media, and by the two moderators. Candidates also faced one-on-one questioning by the moderators in so-called \u201cSpotlight\u201d segments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch the debate again on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.europarl.europa.eu\/en\/topic\/election-debate-2024_27308\" target=\"_blank\">Parliament\u2019s Multimedia Centre<\/a>\u00a0and on the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebu.ch\/home\" target=\"_blank\">EBU website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eurovision debate between the lead candidates for the presidency of the European Commission took place in the European Parliament. 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