''Jean-Claude Juncker, approved by the European
Parliament Tuesday to head the European Commission, is a veteran EU
insider versed in the art of getting things done in the labyrinth of the
bloc.
Riding out fierce last-ditch British
opposition, Juncker won overwhelming support from EU leaders at a summit
in June and was in confident mood addressing MEPs Tuesday, fending off
brickbats from British and French eurosceptics with ease and his
trademark dry humour.
Needing a minimum 376 votes
out of the 751 MEPs, Juncker won approval with 422, backed by his own
centre-right European People's Party and the centre-left Socialists, the
two largest groups in parliament.
Juncker, the son of a metal worker, led tiny Luxembourg for 19 years to make him the longest serving EU leader..''
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