EU should outvote Cameron to elect Juncker - Austrian chancellor


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  • Saturday, 21 Jun 2014

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Downing Street, central London June 19, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

SPIELBERG Austria (Reuters) - European Union leaders are likely to override objections from British Prime Minister David Cameron and elect Jean-Claude Juncker president of the European Commission, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told a newspaper.

Faymann is a Social Democrat but has publicly backed the conservative Juncker for the top Commission job because centre-right parties took first place in European Parliament elections last month.

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