BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed on Tuesday that former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker was her centre-right group's candidate to head the European Commission but acknowledged that no party had a majority.
Speaking to reporters on arrival at an EU summit two days after the centre-right topped the poll in European Parliament elections across the 28-nation bloc, she said there would have to be negotiations and a compromise.
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