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Likely lads: candidates from the three biggest groups in action Thursday (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

EUobserved

Dress rehearsal for 2019?

It's time to pack up the debating bags. Take off the make-up. Turn down the lights. The EU's wobbly leap into live pan-European politics is over. For now.

What has been learned from these debates between commission president hopefuls? Quite a lot actually.

First the superficial. For a real quickfire discussion, all the participants need to speak one language. There were three languages on Thursday evening. Those with interpretation were at a disadvantage.

There should be fe...

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