Domestic and European politics are deeply entangled for the EU’s political leaders this week as they meet to decide on who should be appointed as president of the European Commission and the shareout of other top jobs. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the contrasting cases of the United Kingdom and Germany. David Cameron will force a vote to oppose the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker, as the candidate of the political group which got the largest vote in the European Parliament elections – an appointment Angela Merkel supports. Both leaders are heavily constrained in choosing by domestic politics, public opinion and media.
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