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Former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker addresses delegates after being selected as the European People's Party (EPP) candidate to be the next European Commision President at the Dublin Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland, on March 7, 2014. European conservatives picked former Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker as their candidate to be the next European Commission president -- igniting the centre right grouping's campaign for European elections in May. Juncker comfortably defeated Michel Barnier, a French EU commissioner, at a congress of the European People's Party (EPP) in Dublin by 382 votes to 245. AFP PHOTO / PETER MUHLY (Photo credit should read PETER MUHLY/AFP via Getty Images)