The European Commission president is selected by EU leaders but must be approved by the assembly, where Eurosceptics from the right made gains in last week's election. The European People's Party, which won the most seats in the vote, had chosen Luxembourg's ex-premier Juncker as their candidate.
In a pre-publication copy of an article, Spiegel said Cameron had explained, on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Tuesday, that if Juncker became Commission president, he would no longer be able to ensure Britain's continued EU membership.......[todayonline.com]
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Machtkampf um Kommissionspräsidenten.... Cameron warnte Merkel vor EU-Austritt Großbritanniens...
ReplyDeleteScharfe Warnung aus Großbritannien: Im Streit um den neuen EU-Kommissionspräsidenten hat Premierminister Cameron angeblich mit einem Austritt aus der Union gedroht. Einem Magazinbericht zufolge sagte er, er könne bei einem Votum für Juncker den Verbleib der Briten nicht garantieren......http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/cameron-warnte-merkel-vor-eu-austritt-grossbritanniens-12966225.html
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