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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