Biggest battle for McGuinness is winning EPP vote

Four MEPs are battling it out to secure the nomination of the European Parliament’s biggest group to be its candidate in next year’s presidential elections. In a secret ballot tonight MEPs from the European People’s Party, the EPP, will choose from four candidates who include the Irish MEP Mairead McGuinness. She faces tough competition from a former EU Commissioner, a former Prime Minister and a senior French MEP. In January all of the MEPs in the Parliament will vote for a range of candidates in the presidential elections. The Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune says if Mairead McGuinness wins tonight’s vote, she stands a good chance of taking the overall prize of the presidency of the European Parliament.  

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