[ad_1] <br><div wp_automatic_readability="244.40906172613"> <!-- <div class="av-standFirst playfair"> </div> -- <p paraeid="{6b65eff4-aa38-4c86-9e29-359e7989c409}{2}" paraid="782913946"><em>He who enters the conclave as pope exits as a cardinal.</em> </p> <p paraeid="{6b65eff4-aa38-4c86-9e29-359e7989c409}{2}" paraid="782913946">Or so the popular Italian saying goes. The phrase refers to the slim chances of a favoured candidate actually securing a top job. </p> <p paraeid="{6b65eff4-aa38-4c86-9e29-359e7989c409}{10}" paraid="1460224450">The maxim has been used to refer to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her bid to stay on for a second term at the helm of the European Union’s executive body. But in the aftermath of the European Parliament elections in early June, the saying could also be applied to another...</p> <br>[ad_2] <br><a href="https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/melonis-tightrope-walk-will-italys-pm-leverage-her-influence-in-the-postelection-power-struggle">Source link </a>