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Juncker lines-up for European Commission President job

Europe's biggest conservative political group has gone into battle to grab the job of European Commission president when it becomes vacant next year, with former Luxembourg premier Jean-Claude Juncker lining up with others for the post.

20.12.2013

(AFP) Europe's biggest conservative political group has gone into battle to grab the job of European Commission President when it becomes vacant next year, with former Luxembourg premier Jean-Claude Juncker lining up with others for the post.

Leaders of the European People's Party (EPP), including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, agreed at talks ahead of a European Union summit to elect a candidate at a party convention in Dublin on March 6 and 7, said party president Joseph Daul.