The centre-right group in the European Parliament is getting ready to appoint its candidate to head the assembly, with its German leader Hans-Gert Poettering admitting that it is an "open secret" his own election may come along as a result of an "uncontested decision."
Back in 2004, the European People's Party (EPP-ED), the biggest parliamentary group made a deal with the second biggest group, the socialists (PES), to divide the five-year post between them.
As a result of this bac...
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