The battles over Juncker are just beginning.

In Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU's member states have settled for a European Commission president who is potentially ill-suited to the role for which he has been chosen, and selected through a process which has proved to be flawed in its execution. Further, it has significant consequences for the balance of power between the EU's institutions and the key bilateral relationships between the EU's member states, How might this appointment effect the future agenda of the EU.

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ESO: Background information: [The next European Commission President] Juncker seen rejecting Cameron’s EU Commission reform plan / Cameron Outmaneuvered in Battle over Juncker / Merkel praises Danish PM, hints at outsider for EU Council job http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-next-european-commission-president-juncker-seen-rejecting-camerons-eu-commission-reform-plan-cameron-outmaneuvered-in-battle-over-juncker-merkel-praises-danish-pm-hints-at-outsider/

ESO: Background information: Merkel meets the anti-Juncker front in Stockholm / Setback for Cameron as EU party blocs back Juncker http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-next-european-commission-president-merkel-meets-the-anti-juncker-front-in-stockholm-setback-for-cameron-as-eu-party-blocs-back-juncker/

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