Juncker “well elected”
(BRUSSELS2) The President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, has just announced it, this Tuesday (July 15), in Strasbourg, a little less before 14 p.m. Jean-Claude Juncker is elected as President of the European Commission “with 422 “For” votes, 250 “Against” votes, 47 “White and null” votes as well as 10 “invalid” votes. 729 MEPs took part in the vote. »
Jean-Claude Juncker needed 376 votes. He obtained a more than honorable score, with just over 56% of the votes in Parliament, almost as good as Barroso I in 2004 and significantly more than Barroso II in 2009.
After the European elections and the constitution of the European Parliament, the designation and election of the President of the European Commission, now begins the 3rd phase of the electoral process - the designation of the various commissioners and other posts. Read in detail about the Club, our 28 faces - Commission 2014. Portraits of future or potential commissioners? III
(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)
NB: This number of votes corresponds more or less to our morning forecast (420 votes), read: Will Jean-Claude Juncker be "well elected" President of the Commission?