EU democracy at work?The European Parliament has announced the composition of its Committees, with MEP groups hard at work negotiating the final deals to see who will be Chair and Vice-Chair of the different bodies.These Committees vary in importa…
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ECON, ECR, EFDD, EP2014, european parliament, European parliament committees, MEPs, stitch-up |
June 10, 2014
Own-goal alert.When selected as the Socialists’ candidate for the European Commission President, Martin Schulz claimed that:“I want to be the first President of the Commission who is not the result of a backroom deal in a Brussels office.”This is the…
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accountability, barroso, european parliament, horse-trading, Jean-Claude Juncker, Martin Schulz, secret ballot, spitzenkandidaten, stitch-up, transparency |
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