Though the center-right European People’s Party won only a narrow plurality of 221 seats in the 751-seat European Parliament, center-left, green, and liberal MEPs have all rallied behind the EPP’s candidate, Jean-Claude Juncker, as the “legitimate” choice. The opposition, led by British Prime Minister David Cameron with the support of “sovereignists” across Europe, particularly in Scandinavia, but also in Hungary, contends that someone whom the majority of European citizens hardly know, cannot claim any kind of political legitimacy.
罗马—争夺谁领衔欧盟委员会的现实斗争开始了。尽管中右翼的欧洲人民党（European People’s Party）只获得了欧洲议会751个议席中的221个，但中左翼政党、绿党和MEP都在背后支持欧洲人民党候选人让-克劳德·容克（Jean-Claude Juncker）为“合法”选择。反对派则由英国首相大卫·卡梅伦领衔，背后有全欧洲（特别是斯堪的纳维亚国家，也包括匈牙利）“主权主义者”的支持，主张大部分欧洲公民都没有听说过的名字无法获得任何政治合法性。