The election of a conservative politician to be head of the European Parliament means that the three main institutions of the EU are now in the hands of the centre-right.
Parliament president Hans-Gert Poettering joins conservative European Commission president Jose-Manuel Barroso and fellow German Christian Democrat Chancellor Angela Merkel, in charge of the member states' council until the end of June.
This centre-right dominance was called a "historic coincidence" by Mr Poette...
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