a conservative. and i didn't feel she was specific on some issues but on other areas she stayed quite vague so that was definitely not the end of our discussions . fund elia needs 374 parliamentary votes to get the job it's not clear how much support she'll get from social democrats greens and business friendly policies she can rely on the 182 votes from her own group the e.p. p. and possibly the european conservatives and reformists or e.c. our critics are hinting their decision on her stance on climate policy rescues of migrants at sea and the parliament's rights of initiative. that won it i'm convinced she's a passionate european but in some of her statements she was still quite unclear she'll have to deliver more by next week and not. fund a lie and has little time to engage in further talks the outcome of the secret ballot is hard to predict. and for more on this now i'm joined by our correspondent