{"id":5807,"date":"2014-07-08T23:29:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T22:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=5807"},"modified":"2014-09-08T23:21:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T22:21:27","slug":"meet-next-president-european-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2014\/07\/08\/meet-next-president-european-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Next President of the European Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eu-juncker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5808\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eu-juncker.jpg\" alt=\"eu juncker\" width=\"779\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eu-juncker.jpg 779w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eu-juncker-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Juncker&#8217;s appointment as Commission president implies that the European Union will seek to centralize yet more power at the expense of national sovereignty.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Meet the Next President of the European Commission<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"Meet the Next President of the European Commission\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4389\/european-commission-president\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | July 8, 2014<\/p>\n<p>European leaders in Brussels have <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/news\/eu_explained\/140627_en.htm\">nominated<\/a> Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg, to be the next president of the European Commission, the powerful bureaucratic arm of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Juncker, a European federalist, is well known for his commitment to further expanding the power of the European Union. His nomination\u2014expected to be easily approved by the European Parliament on July 16\u2014sends a clear signal that the European establishment has no intention of slowing the relentless march towards a United States of Europe, despite the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4333\/european-elections\">surge<\/a> of anti-EU sentiment across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>British Prime Minister David Cameron and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban were the only two leaders of the 28-member bloc to vote against Juncker during a special meeting held in Brussels on June 27.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Meet the Next President of the European Commission\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4389\/european-commission-president\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juncker&#8217;s appointment as Commission president implies that the European Union will seek to centralize yet more power at the expense of national sovereignty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100,157],"tags":[130,129],"class_list":["post-5807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","category-european-union-european-union","tag-european-integration-2","tag-european-union-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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