With the European People's Party (EPP) Congress under way in Valencia, where state and party leaders are set to gather, the party's President Manfred Weber cautioned against the authoritarian wave arriving in Europe, pledging to firmly reject any formal alliance with parties he sees as extremist.
"The main competitors for us for the coming years are the populists and extremists. We are facing an authoritarian wave all over the world, and it is also coming and arriving in Europe," Weber told Euronews.