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MEPs will vote on the proposed candidate for commission president in July (Photo: Italian EU Presidency)

No early nominations for Commission President, says EPP

The European People's Party is set to pass a resolution calling on the Irish EU Presidency not to suggest a candidate for Commission President prematurely.

Speaking on Wednesday, President of the EPP Wilfried Martens said that during a two-day Congress today and tomorrow, a "topical resolution" asking Dublin "not to put forward a candidate before the [European] elections", will be adopted.

He said that, politically speaking, of the 27 resolutions to be put forward "that may well b...

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MEPs will vote on the proposed candidate for commission president in July (Photo: Italian EU Presidency)

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