Opinion: Independence of EU commission at risk over Spitzenkandidat process

Commentary feature.

ESO: Background information: The European Parliament’s election of the President of the European Commission http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-european-parliaments-election-of-the-president-of-the-european-commission/

ESO: Background information: A new Commission President in 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-new-commission-president-in-2014-commons-library-standard-note/

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/

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