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For the first time, this year has been introduced the procedure for nomination of candidates for European Commission president by the European political families, the so called Spitzenkandidaten procedure, which caused serious resistance in the EU and high tensions between the member states and Britain. It was the European Parliament's initiative and was silently supported by the leading powers in the European Council. However, it is just the first step toward creation of genuine European democracy in terms of election of leaders of key European institutions, which revealed a deficit of European thinking in the member states. If, by now, the appointments of members of the Commission used to pass, although sometimes with problems, smoothly and unnoticeably, the situation now is much different and will impose a brand new pattern of behaviour of the capitals.
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