European elections 2014

“The president will be Juncker or me”

Published on 22 May 2014 at 10:48

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“Schulz warns Merkel”, headlines the Barcelona daily, which publishes an interview with the president of the European Parliament and candidate of the Party of European Socialist in the European elections to be held between 22 and 25 May, Germany's Martin Schulz. Disregarding the votes cast by Europe's citizens in an election that should determine who becomes the next president of the European Commission would strike “a severe blow against democracy,” says Schulz.

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