Finns Stubb and Katainen leave door open to EU Commission top job


  • World
  • Sunday, 10 Jun 2018

FILE PHOTO - Alexander Stubb waves as he arrives at a European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 8, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

TURKU, Finland (Reuters) - Former Finnish prime ministers Alexander Stubb and Jyrki Katainen left open the possibility on Saturday that they would run to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as the EU executive's president next year.

Both politicians have been tipped as possible candidates for their European People's Party (EPP), currently the biggest group in the European parliament.

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