European Parliament press kit for the 26-27 June European Council  

 
 

The 26-27 June European Council will discuss inter alia the nomination of a candidate President for the European Commission, on whom the European Parliament is to vote at its 14-17 July plenary session in Strasbourg. The Council will also discuss this issue with Parliament’s acting President Gianni Pittella on Friday morning in Brussels.

The outgoing Parliament repeatedly pointed out that the nomination must take account of the May 2014 European election results. This requirement was also reiterated by Parliament’s Conference of Presidents at its 27 May meeting and in exchanges with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy.


Parliament’s Conference of Presidents therefore backs Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, as the candidate of the European People’s Party, the biggest political group in the House, to make the first to attempt to form the required majority within the European Council and Parliament for the post of the Commission President.


The European Council will also adopt the 2014 country-specific economic reform recommendations for each EU member state. These recommendations, proposed by the European Commission early in June and since endorsed by EU heads of state, are the backbone of “European Semester” economic policy coordination.


MEPs have regularly highlighted the need for member states to act on these recommendations. The findings of a recent Parliament study of their progress to date is included in this press kit.


This press kit provides selected press releases about Parliament’s priorities on the above issues.