Merkel: Voters elect next [EU] commission chief ‘in principle’ (no they do not)

EU Observer ^ | 22.05.14 @ 21:47 | Valentina Pop

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday (22 May) made conciliatory gestures towards the European Parliament on the election of the next commission president after Sunday's EU elections.

In an interview with Passauer Neue Presse, Merkel said that voters in the EU elections can bring their contribution to furthering the European project.

“A clear qualitative improvement is that, in principle, the Commission president gets elected,” she said. …

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Wow, that’s another weasel word twist. The leader of the EU Commission is not elected. That’s like saying the leader of the Politburo is “elected” by the National People’s Congress over in Red China.