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EU: Will the New European Commission President Be the 'Spitzenkandidat' This Time?

May 10, 2019 | 15:33 GMT

Stratfor

The race to appoint the next president of the European Commission is on. On May 9, the leaders of the 27 members of the European Union sans the United Kingdom met in Romania to discuss the future of the bloc. The summit resulted in a 10-point declaration calling for the union to remain united "from East to West, from North to South" and "through thick and thin." But aside from poetic declarations of unity, the meeting allowed governments to start discussing who will lead the commission for the next five years, a decision that will shape the future of EU policy....

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