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MEPs voted in the Juncker commission on 24 October after a mini-drama over the Slovene commissioner and a struggle to get nine women commissioners (Photo: European Parliament)

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Birth of the Juncker commission

Jean-Claude Juncker's commission had a difficult birth. For several weeks over summer it was unclear whether it would be up and running by the 1 November deadline.

A summit in July ended with EU leaders unable to decide on two top posts, amid an east-west row over Italy's proposal to let its foreign minister, Federica Mogherini, represent the EU as foreign affairs chief.

Eastern member states feared she was too Russia-friendly. Others still argued she did not have enough experienc...

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MEPs voted in the Juncker commission on 24 October after a mini-drama over the Slovene commissioner and a struggle to get nine women commissioners (Photo: European Parliament)

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