Though she endorsed Juncker before the election, she never really backed the notion that the European Parliament should have a decisive part in selecting the Commission’s president. She was certain that no party would win an absolute majority, but she did not foresee that almost all representatives from moderate parties would back whichever candidate won a plurality, making it difficult to appoint anyone else.
德国总理默克尔现在陷入了两难。尽管在选举前她支持容克，但她从未支持欧洲议会应该在选择欧盟委员会主席方面起到决定性作用这一观点。她笃定地认为没有一个政党能够获得绝对多数，但她没有预料到几乎所有来自温和政党的代表不论谁获得多数都会支持他，这使得任命其他人变得十分困难。