And the winner is… Jean-Claude Juncker. In a widely expected result, the Luxembourg national, aged 59, emerged victorious in the EPP race, on 7 March in Dublin. With 382 votes (of 629 ballots cast, of which two blank), Juncker will be the EPP's official candidate in the race for the European Commission presidency.
He obtained a score of 60.9% in the party election. His opponent, Michel Barnier, ended his campaign with a score of 245 votes (39.1%), an honourable defeat…