The last time, they tried to nip the Spitzenkandidaten process in the bud, but “they will not succeed”, said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday 7 May, presenting to the press his expectations for the Sibiu summit on the future of the European Union at Twenty-Seven (see EUROPE B12249A1).
In 2014, after the Christian Democratic family had won the European elections, Mr Juncker, who had been nominated before the EPP European Party's top candidate election, took...