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Five years ago, Frans Timmermans of the S&D fought Manfred Weber of the EPP as 'Spitzenkandidaten' - neither of them got it, instead Ursula von der Leyen, who wasn't even running, was appointed (Photo: European Parliament)

Preventing another Spitzenkandidaten hangover

In the run-up to the European Parliament elections in June, we now have as many interpretations of the Spitzenkandidaten as we have European political parties.

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Five years ago, Frans Timmermans of the S&D fought Manfred Weber of the EPP as 'Spitzenkandidaten' - neither of them got it, instead Ursula von der Leyen, who wasn't even running, was appointed (Photo: European Parliament)

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Ben Crum is a professor of political science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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