MEP Roithova was supported by 198 delegates, while her colleague from the EP, Jan Brezina, received 120 votes.
He will be number two on the candidates' list. Roithova thanked the congress for trust,0 and said the delegates thereby appreciated her work in the European Parliament. Other KDU-CSL candidates for MEP (placed third to sixth) are Ondrej Benesik, deputy head of the party's regional branch in Zlin, south Moravia, former deputy Jaroslav Merkel in Dublin Urges Irish to Say 'Yes' to EU ...
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(Ceske Noviny)
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