The elections in May could have, for the first time ever, a decisive impact on the choice of the future President of the European executive.
The Lisbon Treaty allows the European Parliament to ‘elect’ the President of the European Commission. We must seize the opportunity to turn the forthcoming elections into genuine European elections.
One of the innovations introduced by the Treaty is that, when nominating the next President of the European Commission, member states have to "...
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