Asier Martínez Jurio
The president of the European People’s Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, announced this Wednesday that he will propose Dolors Montserrat, Spanish MEP and PP spokesperson in the European Parliament, as Secretary General of the EPP.
“With her modern, active, and political strength, Dolors Montserrat, who ran a brilliant campaign at the local, regional, national, and European levels, will be my proposed candidate for Secretary General of the European People’s Party (EPP),” Weber stated.
The EPP’s membership will be renewed at the party’s next congress, which will take place in Valencia on April 29 and 30. Weber is also expected to be re-elected as party president. With Montserrat’s election, Weber secures the support of Genoa and consolidates the German’s position as one of the leading EPP leaders in the European Union.
For his part, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the Spanish People’s Party (PP), welcomed this decision. “It’s great news for Spain and for the PP that Dolors Montserrat is being proposed as secretary general and, therefore, number two of the largest party in the EU. It’s also great news that a friend like Manfred Weber is seeking re-election as president of the EPP in our country. With Dolors’s appointment, we are Europeanizing the PP and Spanishizing the EPP.”
