In the run-up to the election, the major European party “families” (there are no pan-European parties, only loose alliances of national parties) each nominated a Spitzenkandidat as their choice for President of the European Commission. The center-right European People’s Party, which gained a narrow plurality of 221 seats in the 751-seat parliament, has claimed victory in the election; and many others, including socialists, greens, and liberals, concur that the EPP’s Spitzenkandidat, Jean-Claude Juncker, has a moral right to be selected as President of the Commission.
在走向选举期间，主要欧洲政党“家族”（泛欧洲政党均不在其列，只是国家政党的松散联盟）无不提名了首席候选人作为欧盟委员会主席人选。略微占优的中右翼的欧洲人民党（European People’s Party在欧洲议会的751个议席中赢得221个）宣布在选举中获胜；其他许多阵营，包括社会党、绿党和自由派，都 同意欧洲人民党首席候选人容克（Jean-Claude Juncker）拥有被选为欧盟委员会主席的道德权利。