Dove Flemish parliament wants EU chairing

The Flemish politician Helga Stevens wants to be President of the European Parliament.

Current president Martin Schulz was elected in 2014 for a second term of 2.5 years. The German Social Democrat would be retained for a period, causing disagreement arose between the two largest political groups in the parliament, the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats. The third group, the ECR, therefore, intend to create a chance.

The 48-year-old Stevens, a member of the Belgian nationalist party N-VA, is honored by the nomination. ' I am running because I am convinced that the directly elected Parliament should be much more transparent and should represent the EU. The past few years I have seen all the important decisions were made in back rooms by a small group of men from a few countries. ''