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Merkel with Juncker (r) and her German top candidate McAllister (l) at a rally in Berlin (Photo: Jean Claude Juncker photostream)

Merkel endorses Juncker after all

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday (30 May) gave her first clear endorsement of Jean-Claude Juncker to become the next president of the EU commission, after criticism back home about EU leaders ignoring the democratic process.

Speaking at a Catholics' gathering in Regensburg, Merkel said that the centre-right European People's Party and its top candidate (Spitzenkandidat) Juncker came in first after last week's EU elections.

"That is why I am now conducting all of my talks...

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Merkel with Juncker (r) and her German top candidate McAllister (l) at a rally in Berlin (Photo: Jean Claude Juncker photostream)

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