The Party of European Socialists (PES) has elected Nicolas Schmit as its lead candidate for the EU elections amid worries of a far-right surge.
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00:00 The center-left party of European socialists has chosen Nikola Schmitt as its candidate
00:06 to go up against Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the elections in June. Schmitt
00:12 is currently European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights and he's vowed to take on
00:16 the far right.
00:18 Do they have a project? Accept they want to destroy Europe? What are their solutions?
00:25 There are none.
00:27 What are the socialist solutions?
00:29 The socialist solutions you have for them, it's very clear. We want a strong Europe.
00:34 We want a united Europe. We want a Europe for a strong economy.
00:39 Polls suggest the center-left will get around 20% of the votes and keep their position as
00:44 the second strongest European party behind the conservative European People's Party.
00:52 If the European Commission's Presidency goes to the center-right, this group will have to
00:57 fight for the Presidency of the European Council, which brings together the leaders of the 27
01:01 member states of the European Union.
01:03 In Rome, Isabel Marques da Silva, Euronews.
01:06 News.