Brussels (AFP) – France and Britain secured top positions on Wednesday in incoming European Commission President Jean Claude-Juncker’s new team, which must tackle a stagnant economy, rising euroscepticism and the Ukraine crisis on its borders.Former French finance minister Pierre Moscovici was named economic affairs commissioner, the most coveted job in the new regime that will run the European Union for the next five years.Britain, whose place in the EU is under threat from a surge in euroscepticism at home, scored a coup by winning the financial services post for its nominee Jonathan Hill, the ex-head of Britain’s House of Lords.”I …read more
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