The UK's Chris Patten has emerged as the favourite candidate of the centre-right European People's Party for Commission president after a meeting of its leaders this morning.
Leader of the EPP group in the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering said he was "very satisfied" with the result.
Elmar Brok, a German Christian Democrat MEP, said that Mr Patten, currently the EU's external relations commissioner, "enjoys great popularity in the Parliament".
Italian prime minister S...
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