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EPP backs plenary debate on Selmayr appointment
By EUobserver
The centre-right European People's Party (EPP), the largest group in the European Parliament, supports having a debate in plenary next week about the appointment of Martin Selmayr as secretary-general of the European Commission. EPP president Manfred Weber has said there will be a debate, a source in the EPP told EUobserver on Wednesday. The EPP is the group to which EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker belongs.