The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, would have asked the French president, Francois Hollande, if the Elysée would be ready to support the candidacy of the former French finance minister, and current IMF director general, Christine Lagarde, for the presidency of the European Commission . This was reported by the Reuters agency. This is in the face of strong opposition to the name of former Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker (publicly supported last week by Merkel), despite the fact that the Popolari obtained the largest number of seats in the recent European elections.
EU Commission, Merkel proposes Lagarde
Until last week, the German Chancellor supported the former president of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker, who, however, despite the victory of the Popolari, is now meeting with quite a few oppositions.
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