“Donald Tusk is the only EPP candidate for president of the European Council,” the group leader, Manfred Weber, declared in a sternly-worded statement Sunday. “He enjoys unanimous support from the entire EPP party family.”
In his statement, Weber slammed Warsaw for pursuing a domestic political vendetta in the European arena.
As for Saryusz-Wolski, Weber said that the EPP group’s “deciding bodies” would consider his fate later this week. “If he should maintain his candidacy for the post of European Council President, he will be excluded from the EPP Group,” Weber said.