http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170301-133616 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/der-europaeische-rat-ist-verpflichtet-juncker-vorzuschlagen/ Why the Council is under a legal duty to propose Juncker as a Commission President Kumm, Mattias ger 2014-06-06 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The German Chancellor has stated that she would “conduct all negotiations with a view to ensuring that Claude Juncker becomes President”. But the qualifications she continues to make suggest that she very much remains willing to hide behind Cameron and a minority of other leaders to aim for “a compromise” that will leave democratic aspirations in Europe severely harmed. Citizens have good reasons to be concerned.