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CCTV9英语新闻：Britain, France urge EU reforms at leaders' summit

时间：2014-05-28 11:45:21

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 The European Parliament has set the ball rolling for Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg, to be the President of the European Commission.

 
In a statement, the European Parliament says it backs Juncker, a candidate of the center-right European People’s Party. The party has gained the most seats - 213 out of 751 in the recent European Parliament elections. The parliament called on the European Council to give a clear mandate1 to Juncker to form the required majority.
 
Meanwhile, European Union leaders met in Brussels to discuss how to propose the candidate for the European Commission president, and how to bounce back from the weekend’s landmark2 European elections.
 
The vote has given a boost to Eurosceptic and far-right parties, though the pro-EU bloc3 has retained a comfortable majority.
 
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the vote had shown Brussels needed to return many powers to its 28 member nations as soon as possible.
 
French President Francois Hollande said change is needed, but added it should not promote policies against Europe.
 

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1 mandate sj9yz     
n.托管地；命令，指示
参考例句：
  • The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
  • The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
2 landmark j2DxG     
n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标
参考例句：
  • The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
  • The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
3 bloc RxFzsg     
n.集团；联盟
参考例句：
  • A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
  • There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。