The pan-European parties’ nomination of Spitzenkandidaten for the Commission presidency – and the three direct debates among the nominees – marked the start of building a genuine supranational European political space. Indeed, the endorsement of Juncker by the Social Democrats, the Greens, and the Liberals reflects their belief in the need for such a space.
泛欧洲政党所提名的欧盟委员会主席首席候选人——以及被提名者之间的三次直接争论——标志着开始建立真正的超国家欧洲政治空间。事实上，社会民主党、绿党和自由派支持容克反映出他们认为需要有这样一个空间。候选人——特别是欧洲社会党（Party of European Socialists）领袖马丁·舒尔茨（Martin Schultz）——的竞选活动也超越了国界。