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People did have a choice to influence who becomes the next EU commission president (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

Spitzenkandidaten boost legitimacy of European Commission

The new "Spitzenkandidaten" procedure for selecting the president of the European Commission has triggered a heated debate. Opinions vary, but no one remains indifferent.

An argument put forward by the opponents of the new procedure, including in an OpEd on EUobserver, is that it jeopardises the independence of the European Commission. The opponents also ring the alarm bells over the alleged "politicising" of the European Commission.

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