A new start for Europe – Jean-Claude Juncker’s Political Guidelines

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  Europe
• Short Summary
  Jean-Claude Juncker has been elected President of the European Commission by a strong majority of 422 votes in the European Parliament plenary session.
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  Parlementair Documentatie Centrum
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  http://ec.europa.eu
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  jaume.duch@europarl.europa.eu
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  http://ec.europa.eu/news/eu_explained/140715_nl.htm
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After being proposed as candidate for Commission President by the European Council on 27 June 2014, Jean-Claude Juncker needed a majority of 376 votes in the European Parliament.

Speaking ahead of the vote, he presented his political guidelines for the next European Commission as set out in a document entitled A new start for Europe: My agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change.