UK Labour Party may quit PES over opposition to Schulz By Toby Vogel and Cynthia Kroet - 20.03.2014 / 05:20 CET British centre-left does not endorse Schulz. The United Kingdoms Labour Party is reconsidering its role inside the Party of European Socialists – the main centre-left party at European Union level – after a row over the nomination of Martin Schulz as the PESs candidate for president of the European Commission. Labour refused to endorse Schulzs nomination at a PES conference in Rome on 1 March because it views him as an advocate of ever-closer union – anathema for British voters. Labour leader Ed Miliband and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander both briefed reporters on the eve of the Rome conference to explain their opposition to Schulzs candidacy SUBSCRIBE TO THE EUROPEAN VOICE FOR MORE INFO......
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