
The great and the good of the European People's Party met in Valencia for the party's annual congress, six months after the city was hit by devastating floods, where proceedings ended with the election of a variety of party officials.
On Tuesday German MEP Manfred Weber was re-elected party president in an uncontested process on Tuesday, receiving 502 of 570 votes cast, after warning ahead of the congress of an authoritarian wave in Europe in an interview with Euronews.