Europe’s Mr President

Almost certainly he will get the backing of more than 376 MEPs and so win approval from the European Parliament. In November he will take over as President of the European Commission.

 

To millions of people this former prime minister of Luxembourg will be the face of the EU, at a time of rising discontent.

 

He will be Eurocrat-in-chief, presiding over a bureaucracy of 30,000 people. Although he will share power with a College of Commissioners he can shape the debate and initiate legislation.

Read More: BBC News – Europe’s Mr President.