Pro-Life Candidate Battles for Chairmanship of European People’s Party
Thursday January 14, 2010 Pro-Life Candidate Battles for Chairmanship of European People’s Party By Piero A. Tozzi, J.D. and Emanuele Rizzardi January 14, 2009 (C-FAM) – A battle over leadership of the European People’s Party (EPP), the Christian Democratic grouping in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), is pitting an Italian pro-life stalwart against socially-liberal counterparts from Holland and Sweden. The leading social conservative candidate is Luca Volontè, currently the chairman of the Italian Christian Democratic caucus within the Italian national parliament. He is a long-time associate of Europe’s best-known Catholic politician, Rocco Buttiglione, sharing similar political […]
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