Encouraged by its victory in last Sunday's European elections, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) plans to nominate its own candidate for the presidency of the European Commission - most probably the Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker.
The leader of the EPP in the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, said on Monday (14 June) that his party had "the right" to choose a candidate from its own political ranks.
The EPP wants to choose its candidate on Wedn...
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