BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia's member of the European Commission declared his candidacy on Monday to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as the EU executive's president, promising to try to ease tensions between western states and newer members from the ex-communist east.
Maros Sefcovic, a Moscow-educated diplomat who is Juncker's vice-president for energy, said he would seek the nomination of the centre-left PES group in the European Parliament.
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