Manfred Weber
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Oct 9, 2026
Luis MontenegroSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Therefore, I also want to challenge each one of you from here to join the war on bureaucracy and excess regulation that we want to implement and are implementing in Portugal.
Kitty LyddonHOST
EPP Group Chairman Manfred Weber described Portugal as a true European success story, pointing out that since joining the EU, Portugal's GDP has grown by 130% and more than one million new jobs have been created.
Manfred WeberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Portugal is a true European success story.
Manfred WeberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And at a time where people doubt and people have fears, and sometimes reject even the European project, we should all remind our citizens about this great example of people who made the choice to believe in Europe and who turned this belief into a reality, a very positive reality for Portugal and Europe.
Zoya SheftalovichHOST
And the reason why this is relevant is because at the moment, Ursula von der Leyen, who is the Commission President, is propped up by a coalition of parties working together and keeping her in power.
Zoya SheftalovichHOST
And that's the European People's Party, which is the centre-right, led by Manfred Weber in the European Parliament.
Zoya SheftalovichHOST
It is the Socialists and Democrats, led by Aracha Garcia, who's a Spanish socialist from Pedro Sanchez's party.
Zoya SheftalovichHOST
And the third largest force is Renew, which is the Liberals' Emmanuel Macron's outfit.
Balázs OrbánGUEST
Um, because, because ...
Balázs OrbánGUEST
B- but, you know, if you, if you listen to European politicians, if you listen, um, Ursula von der Leyen or Manfred Weber, uh, how they talk about, uh, immi- immigration or migration policy, it's sounds, uh, reasonable.
Balázs OrbánGUEST
But in reality, if you, if you check like the legislation, it's so-called they just adopted the mi- so-called migration pact, you know, everything is about the so-called shared solidarity and the distribution of migrants, the emergency, uh, mechanisms where you can host the people even if you disagree with them.
Balázs OrbánGUEST
Um, so it's like, uh, y- you just don't have to let them in.
Nick VinocurHOST
Now, he's got great details.
Nick VinocurHOST
He talks about this WIN 2029 task force internally launched by Manfred Weber, the chair of the EPP.
Zoya SheftalovichHOST
And this is basically talking about the 2029 EU election.
Zoya SheftalovichHOST
That's when...
MaryHOST
In the meantime, always in Europe, the centre-right makes its own calculations.
MaryHOST
Manfred Weber, leader of the European People's Party, which is the dominant political group in the Strasbourg parliament, has launched a task force to outline the program for the elections of 2029.
MaryHOST
The internal
JohnHOST
dilemma is brutal and structural.
JohnHOST
Security is beating economics.
MaryHOST
In other political moves, Manfred Weber is drafting the 2029 Platform for the European People's Party, or EPP.
MaryHOST
They are the dominant centre-right group in the European Parliament.
MaryHOST
The big debate? Do they stay in the political centre or shift right to capture voters from rising populist groups? It is a raw fight for political survival.
Ivan VejvodaGUEST
As I said, it was a balancing act, and we saw that the reaction of the European Union, of course, was what it was.
Ivan VejvodaGUEST
His political family in Europe, the European People's Party, there was condemnation by Manfred Weber and by certain individual members.
Ivan VejvodaGUEST
But again, there was no talk of expulsion of the Serbian Progressive Party from the family, nor was there talk about suspending Serbia from candidate negotiations.
Andrej MatišákHOST
Ivan, do you know what else we talked about 20 years ago? And you mentioned that already, but in fact about how status of Kosovo would be resolved maybe within a few months.
Ursula von der LeyenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We do not have to accept that girls have their photos used for AI-generated sexualized images.
Kitty LyddonHOST
EPP Group Chairman Manfred Weber welcomed the Commission President's proposal, saying it reflects many of the measures the EPP Group has been calling for to protect miners online.
Manfred WeberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Big thank you to Ursula von der Leyen for the proposal on protecting our children.
Manfred WeberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Children are not an advertisement target.