Former Commission President Jacques Delors has said that it is essential that the person who takes over at the head of the European Commission in November serve member states.
"I pray ... that this is a man who has the spirit of collegiality and that he is conscious that the first duty of the president of the Commission is to be at the service of the member states".
"The more you are at the service of the member states the more you have the possibility to propose new programmes", ...
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