The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, decided to withdraw his candidacy from the elections to the European Parliament, reports La Libre. “I do not want the controversies to distract us from the essential and harm the institution that I chair, and therefore the European project,” he said. Michel admitted that he had underestimated “the scale and radicality of certain negative reactions” to the announcement of his candidacy for the European Parliament. “I note that hurtful attacks are increasingly taking precedence over factual and objective arguments. In my opinion, this affects the…