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Team Juncker put to party politics test

Still, the president-elect's nominees are expected to survive EU power struggle

Published Sun, Oct 5, 2014 · 09:50 PM

    Paris

    PARTY politics seems set to trump concerns about the competence and suitability of several candidates for the European Commission when lawmakers pass judgment on Jean-Claude Juncker's most controversial nominees this week.

    The European Parliament has flexed its muscles by recalling Britain's Jonathan Hill for a second hearing on Tuesday on his fitness to be in charge of banking and financial services.

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