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Debating the top jobs issue in Sweden (Photo: Bundesregierung/Bergmann)

Merkel takes boat trip with Juncker opponents

by Valentina Pop, Brussels, June 10, 2014, 7:27:12 AM
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a trip in Sweden listened to British, Swedish and Dutch arguments against appointing Jean-Claude Juncker as the next EU commission chief.

Invited by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Merkel joined her counterparts from Britain and the Netherlands for a two-day trip complete with a lake boat excursion at Reinfeldt's summer residence in Harpsund, near Stockholm.

The four leaders were set to hold a press conference on Tuesday morning after t...

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