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This R&D covers the fight over the next president of the European Commission. The current president, Jose Manuel Barroso, steps down this year. The European Commission president is the most powerful official in the European Union (EU) and has the ability to appoint other ministers in the body, as well as set the European Commission’s policy agenda. The president is selected by the European Council and approved by the European Parliament. There is currently a bitter fight over who the next president will be, as Germany has lent its support to Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg and parliamentary leader of the European People’s Party (EPP), but France and Great Britain have opposed Juncker’s candidacy.
David Cameron has blundered. Juncker should be Britain’s choice for European Commission president http://t.co/HAGorSGeCE
— Telegraph UK News (@TelegraphUKnews) June 4, 2014
Angela Merkel reiterates her support for Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European Commission http://t.co/JIVleI7zoI
— WSJ Europe (@WSJeurope) June 2, 2014
Who are the front-runners in the election for the president of the European Commission? http://t.co/5JxVTLu0Ly
— CFR (@CFR_org) May 22, 2014
Want to know more about the EU? Here are some of the candidates for the position of @EU_Commission President http://t.co/SoF3263XeF CD
— QCEA (@QCEA) June 4, 2014
The Economist: The EU might end up as a bigger version of Belgium… http://t.co/duBU94MWSX
— peter vandermeersch (@pvdmeersch) May 29, 2014
Rifts emerge over the candidate for European Commission president http://t.co/NvHKxyt6WZ #ep2014
— WSJ Europe (@WSJeurope) May 27, 2014
The new European Commission: which president, and what priorities? – @cer_london http://t.co/VolKI6ozOk via @sharethis
— Roger Cohen (@NYTimesCohen) June 1, 2014
Der Spiegel listing Enda Kenny as a European Commission President candidate and how Merkel and Cameron both rate him http://t.co/cXbCFu1Eam
— Fionnan Sheahan (@fionnansheahan) June 1, 2014
Is Tony Blair angling to be the new President if the European Commission? Charles Moore thinks so : http://t.co/0Y1yACBT9s
— Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) June 2, 2014
Contenders, ready: The candidates for one of the top jobs in Brussels, European Commission president: http://t.co/hGIGZeG5fW #EU
— Financial Times (@FT) May 23, 2014
The European Parliament elections are over, the results are in: What happens now? http://t.co/qZ9mKGxwFj #EP2014 pic.twitter.com/dc2vxadpJU
— Debating Europe (@debatingeurope) May 27, 2014
Only 1 in 100 UK people could name a EU commission #spitzenkandidaten – not the way to chose a president! http://t.co/qt7vG9LUyU
— vickyford MEP (@vickyford) June 4, 2014