Macron blames `political game` as MEPs reject commission candidate
(The Guardian France)

France´s candidate Sylvie Goulard rejected over job with thinktank and party´s alleged misuse of fundsEmmanuel Macron´s government has said `a political game` brought down France´s choice for European commissioner following an overwhelming rejection of the candidate by MEPs.In a vote that spells trouble for the incoming European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, MEPs emphatically rejected the French commissioner candidate, former MEP and defence minister Sylvie Goulard. Continue reading...